Script Limits

[Dar Scott]

On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 05:55 AM, Kevin Miller wrote:

> As part of the transition process in the MetaCard acquisition, we're 
> working
> out what to with the scriptLimits property when not developing with a
> licensed IDE or the 30 day trial.  We plan to reduce the first value 
> in the
> property, the one that lets you set scripts of 10 lines, to 0.  So 
> you'll
> still be able to use "do" but otherwise this loophole will be closed.
>
> If anyone has any objections to this, please contact me off list.  The 
> main
> objection I can see that someone might have is that they use this in 
> their
> existing standalone.  If that is the case, we'll work something out 
> with you
> before making this change.

This is harsh.

A handler has its own local variables and is encapsulated.  A 'do' has 
to compile and is slower.

Dar Scott


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