send "subCheckNow" to me, or?

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Fri Jul 7 04:46:12 EDT 2006


Recently, Garrett Hylltun wrote:

> Is it better to use "send" or just use the name of the handler?
> 
> on subCheckNow
>    -- do stuff here
>    send "subCheckNow" to me
> end subCheckNow
> 
> Or this?
> 
> on subCheckNow
>    -- do stuff here
>    subCheckNow
> end subCheckNow
> 
> 
> Is the second even allowed? And, if it is allowed, is their any ill
> effects from doing this?

I thought you might end up with recursion in the second option, but
apparently the script compiler doesn't like option 2.  So the answer to your
question seems to be: stick with option 1.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
-----
E: scott at tactilemedia.com
W: http://www.tactilemedia.com





More information about the use-livecode mailing list