> > I realise an open source > > project can't implement every bell and whistle of a paid-for product. > > I take issue with this statement since OpenBD has many bells as whistles not > to be found in the for-pay CFML engine.
Sorry, I'm of the opinion that the riding-on-the-coattails CFML- processing engines (which is all of them other than Adobe ColdFusion) should implement what ColdFusion does precisely, including warts, bugs, stupidities and all. Any "enhancement" to the language that the third-party engines make are inappropriate. Enhancements at the application server level are fine, but "enhancements" to the language are bad. It might be more fun to develop the "wouldn't it be neat if..." tags / functions, but ultimately any deviation from the core language just makes it harder for developers (think about all the hassle web developers have had with browser idiosyncracies over the years), and simply acts towards dividing the already small CF(ML) community. > In this particular case what you're looking for isn't there in part because > no one asked for it. I am surprised you think this is the sort of thing someone should have to request. It's core functionality of the tag. But yeah, noted. > You can always request features > here:http://code.google.com/p/openbluedragon/issues/list Sweet. Will do. > > PS: I like the way wiki.openbluedragon.org runs on MediaWiki on > > PHP ;-) > > MediaWiki is the gold standard, so why not use it? The concept of eating one's own dog food, I guess. But it was just meant as a bit of a chuckle. Cheers. -- Adam -- Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://www.openbluedragon.org/ http://twitter.com/OpenBlueDragon mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en !! save a network - please trim replies before posting !!
