I'd say it's a bug?
On 22 December 2010 17:56, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > David Bovill wrote: > > Anyone got a reason for this being Appropriate behavior? >> >> dispatch "beep" to this cd -- no beep >> >>> send "beep" to this cd -- a beep >>> >> > Interestingly, running this in the Message Box: > > dispatch "beep" to this cd; put it > > ...yields "unhandled" > > You get the same with any build-in command, e.g.: > > dispatch "go next" to this cd; put it > > Whether this is a weakness in the engine or the documentation is a question > of intention: > > Is "dispatch" designed to handle only custom handlers? It appears to be, > and if that's what's intended it's working fine and all that's needed is a > note in the docs clarifying that. > > But if the intention was that it could be used for built-in commands too > then there appears to be a bug in the engine. > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
