delete line x in Rev 2.1B2 vs. 2.1RC1

[J. Landman Gay]

On 8/21/03 6:52 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

> It is interesting (to someone weird like me) that what we expect for 
> 'delete line x...' is not the same as what we expect for 'put empty into 
> line x ...'. 

I remember wondering about the same thing when I was learning HyperCard. 
It makes sense in its own way. Removing a line takes away the whole 
thing including the carriage return. Putting empty into a line replaces 
the contents of the line with nothing, but the line has not been 
removed. The line is still there, just with nothing in it.

Sort of, I think, like zero is a number even though it doesn't contain 
any amount.

> I wonder if there is an similar change in behavior for other non-char chunks. 

Aren't all chunks comprised of characters by definition?

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