Re: Var Value from String of varname

2010-02-24 Thread Quzanti
Thanks. So it isn't a counterexample to my rule of Thumb 'If it is isn't in Halloway you shouldn't be using it' I'll catch you out one day. On Feb 24, 2:19 pm, Stuart Halloway wrote: > You don't need (and shouldn't use) eval for this: > > @(resolve (symbol "age"))) > > Stu > > > Have found wha

Re: Var Value from String of varname

2010-02-24 Thread Stuart Halloway
You don't need (and shouldn't use) eval for this: @(resolve (symbol "age"))) Stu Have found what I am trying to do eval I am working through the Halloway book, which doesn't seem to have eval in the index, so I probably should excuse myself my ignorance. Is there much a performance impact of

Re: Var Value from String of varname

2010-02-24 Thread Quzanti
Have found what I am trying to do eval I am working through the Halloway book, which doesn't seem to have eval in the index, so I probably should excuse myself my ignorance. Is there much a performance impact of using eval,as presumably the compiler can't do much until runtime? Or is the idea of