wupz. - i forgot the THEN's after each of the ELSE IF's too many languages on the same project swimming in my brain
On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 9:46 AM Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > For an example like a session during LCG, throwing everything into a > single script can make it easier to see everything, together, however, > I absolutely, always, without exception, do this: > 1) Every object that needs to do something gets its own handler, unless > there is some reason to allow the behavior to pass up the chain. This > situation is not one of them. > 2) I don't use scripts, at all, ever. Every handler is in a behavior stack. > 3) I don't ever use switch. I can't stand it. If I had to write something > like the above, I would do something like > put the short name of the target into snot > if snot is "first" then > doCommandFirst > else if snot is "another" > doCommandAnother > else if snot is "lastnotleast" > doCommandLastNotLeast > else # uh oh > answer "ruh roh." > end if # snot is "first" > > this assumes that the names of the handlers I would be calling are not > named like the ones in the example, because if they were, you could also > put the short name of the target into snot > put "doCommand" & snot into toDo > try > do toDo > catch e > answer "ruh roh." > end try > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 4:33 PM Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I've noticed that in a lot of the example code I've seen recently, >> there's a bit of a common pattern. >> >> In the card script, there will be code like >> >> on mouseUp >> switch the short name of the target >> case "first" >> doCommandFirst >> break >> case "another" >> doCommandAnother >> break >> case "lastnotleast" >> doCommandlastnotleast >> break >> end switch >> end mouseUp >> >> I've seen this in examples from Livecloud, Appli, the WebApp example >> from Steven/Michael, and a few other places. >> >> I would generally have put this code in each button (or other control) >> directly, and I'm wondering whether there are advantages or preferences >> for one of those versus the other. >> >> Thanks for any opinions, >> >> Alex. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
