It's been a long time since I saw anything on the syntax extension functionality, but my recollection was that it was supposed to be the all-singing, all-dancing wonder of the universe -- meaning that if I wanted to use a C-like dot-notation (I don't, usually) that would be easy to build. And that basically I'd be able to write that up as a language module, and then share it with other dot-notation fans, who could just drop it in place and go to work. All of which makes me think that if I want to implement a grandchildControlIDs property (I don't), I'll be able to.
Is there a more-recent-and-detailed spec that confirms or denies this? I'm (non)patiently awaiting the ability to create inline if statements, default parameter values, and multiple assignments. put (if x = y then 6 else 7) into z function getColumn pData, rowDel=cr, colDel=tab put 3 into x into y But maybe that's just my fantasy. gc On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Monte Goulding <mo...@sweattechnologies.com> wrote: > > On 10 Dec 2014, at 10:31 am, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > wrote: > > > Given this, Geoff's function seems like a good solution. Whether it's > written in fancy v8 syntax or the syntax we have doesn't matter much to me > personally; it gets the job done. > > Yep, I originally said I didn't really know if it were all that worthwhile > to actually add it to the engine or as an extension. Script will do for me > for the few times I need something like this. Also I wasn't all that sure > about adding a property like card owner that in certain circumstances could > change depending on the context it's called in. Although we already have > that with object names and IDs in shared groups. > > Cheers > > Monte > > -- > M E R Goulding > Software development services > Bespoke application development for vertical markets > > mergExt - There's an external for that! > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
