What is the the general name for handler for scripting languages - not
that anything is going to be perfect, but apparently handler refers to
Handler, an asynchronous
callbackhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callback_%28computer_science%29subroutine
in computing, so what term could be used to refer to
I tend to call everything handler... functions and commands I call handler
even if in LiveCode jargon a handler is not a function but just a command...
They are not methods or procedures...
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:27 PM, David Bovill da...@vaudevillecourt.tvwrote:
What is the the general name
Sounds good - then a function in Javascript would be a type of handler?
On 22 September 2010 17:31, Andre Garzia an...@andregarzia.com wrote:
I tend to call everything handler... functions and commands I call handler
even if in LiveCode jargon a handler is not a function but just a
command...
I don't think you would call a function in javascript a handler. My feeling
is that there isn't a universally accepted term that would apply across all
the language types. Code chunk or snippet is as generic as you would get
without getting strange looks.
Handler to me has connotations out of
On 22 September 2010 18:01, wayne durden wdur...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think you would call a function in javascript a handler. My
feeling
is that there isn't a universally accepted term that would apply across all
the language types. Code chunk or snippet is as generic as you would get
Hi David,
AFAIK in procedural languages this would be a subroutine, in OOP languages a
method
Now, in which category does liveCode fit? g
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_%28computer_science%29
Cheers,
Malte___
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LiveCode does not fit OOP paradigm, it is almost procedural and imperative
but it is not due to the message path.
I think we should call our subroutines: definitions, it is a generic
enough term and it has good semantics, it means something we applied a name
for. So a handler, a function and a
