I'm sorry to have to post this somewhat angry post. There's a thread on the engine contributors forum regarding whether it's necessary to return synonyms from the proposed changes to the propertynames function. SInce not everyone reads that forum, I'm posting it here. You can read the prior posts on the forum. ========================== OK guys, well I guess I'm disappointed at the closemindedness you're exhibiting, seems in direct contradiction of "open source". Just because you can't figure out why someone would want to do something doesn't mean that someone out there DOES want to do it. Why would you build a brick wall around something that prevents someone from getting hold of a specific piece of information that is an inherent part of Livecode? SYnonyms exist, there should be a way of finding out about them.
Mark - you're misquoting what I suggested. The key word you omitted is "optional". I did not insist that synonyms be returned, just that there be an OPTION to get them. Why does that cause you such a problem? You don't want them? Then don't request them, simple as that. Think about SQL - the entire structure of an SQL database is available to anyone who wants to discover it. Do you think the implementors thought "oh, nobody would ever want THAT piece of information?" No, they made everything available so that anyone who had a need for it could have access to it. So go ahead, implement what YOU think is best, I don't have any more time to waste on this. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> _______________________________________________ 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
