The thing about passing in as an array is.. its just a different form of name value pairs, so it sidesteps the whole issue.
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > No, what I meant was Richard's fourth method, described in > > >> More with-the-grain would be this fourth option, passing in an array as >> we see with some existing LC commands and functions, but that requires a >> LOT more typing: >> >> put "my chart" into tA["name"] >> put 100 into tA["width"] >> put "This is a chart" into tA["label"] >> DoSomething tA >> > As I said in the follow-up email (with changed subject line), I think that > works perfectly, except it is rather verbose. > > -- Alex. > > > > On 29/06/2017 17:00, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: > >> I'm not sure what you mean by "pass by parameters" but I pass arrays by >> parameters all the time. If you mean: >> >> function getSomeInfo @aMyArray >> -- do some stuff >> return true >> end getSomeInfo >> >> That works fine. >> >> Bob S >> >> >> On Jun 28, 2017, at 15:14 , Alex Tweedly via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> He also mention a fourth method - using arrays - which he describes as >>> "more with the grain" which is more appealing, since it solves all the >>> above problems except the limitation on not using 'pass-by-reference' >>> parameters. But I'll split that off to a separate response, with a changed >>> subject/thread header. >>> >>> -- 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
