On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Peter J. Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> In my opinion, this is a really shame that this > wasn't the direction that was taken. All the ImageXXX() functions > polluted the root namespace of the language. The same applied for all > the SpreadsheetXXX() functions. So I'm with Alan that it should have > been things like img = ImageNew(); img.resize(). So I think Alan and I > are in agreement here. > Just to add a little levity, a friend said to me on IM the other day: "CFML: One namespace, 3000 functions. Let's party." :-) Ah, but we all love it or we wouldn't be here! And we all love it enough to constructively criticize it and strive to make it better. > I think this confirms my assumption that ImageNew() is merely a datatype > that needs data. I vote for no change in behavior and no defaults set > just for compatibility reasons. > So I wonder what the FarCry issue is then? Maybe we were off on the wrong track. -- Matthew Woodward [email protected] http://blog.mattwoodward.com identi.ca / Twitter: @mpwoodward Please do not send me proprietary file formats such as Word, PowerPoint, etc. as attachments. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://www.openbluedragon.org/ http://twitter.com/OpenBlueDragon official manual: http://www.openbluedragon.org/manual/ Ready2Run CFML http://www.openbluedragon.org/openbdjam/ mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en
