> On Apr 29, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote: > > On 2016-04-29 04:30, Kay C Lan wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Mark Waddingham <m...@livecode.com> wrote: >>> From 7.0 onwards, this causes no problem as the engine takes a 'copy' of >>> the target variable at the start of the loop. (Note you only pay for that >>> copy when you mutate tList subsequently, and that mutation has no effect on >>> the repeat for each loop being performed). >>> Oh, so if your repeat script works now in LC 7/8 it comes with a Mark W >> guarantee that it'll work in the future. ;-) Cool! >> Does that mean the 'Important' note in the LC 8 Dictionary entry for >> 'repeat' isn't so Important any more? >> Important: In any of the for each loops, you should not change the >>> labelVariable or container in a statement inside the loop. Doing so will >>> not cause a script error, but will almost certainly produce unexpected >>> results. > > Yes! That note should probably be replaced by one which says you can modify > the target variable in the loop, but it won't have an effect on what is being > repeated over. (I'm sure there's a better way to express that).
I’ll add that to the dictionary entry. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ 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
