Can I not use constants in revserver scripts ?

[Mike Bonner]

You know, you're right. It does make sense in the other context. I guess it
seems strange for the reason you state. I expect inline stuff to just work
like php and when it doesn't I get hit with the flummox hammer.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Alex Tweedly <alex at tweedly.net> wrote:

> Thanks Mike - that's basically it.
> Though in fact, it's even stranger than you said.
>
> The dictionary says that if you set a constant in a script but outside any
> handler, then it can be used in any handler within the script; and that's
> exactly what it does do ...
>
>  <?livecode
>> constant K = "asdf"
>> command doit
>>  constant K1 = "qwer"
>>  put "inside" && K && K1 & "<br>"
>> end doit
>>
>> doit
>> put "outside" && K && K1 & "<br>"
>>
>> ?>
>>
>  produces
>
> inside asdf qwer
> outside K K1
>
> And that's pretty reasonable for a script in a stack (where you don't have
> "executable" statements outside any handler), but very unhelpful for
> revserver, where it is very common to have executable code "in-line" rather
> than in side a handler.
>
> Oh well - I'll submit it as an enhancement request, and stop using
> 'constant' for now.
>
> Thanks
> -- Alex.
>
> On 10/02/2012 15:48, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> e I think there was a thread on this that I read before.
>>
>> If I recall correctly, setting a constant inside a handler works for THAT
>> handler.  So if you have.
>>
>> <?lc
>> command tryConst
>> constant k="inside handler"
>> put k
>> end tryConst
>>
>> tryconst
>>
>> "inside handler" will be displayed. But setting it outside of a handler
>> doesn't work.
>>
>> If you have the following
>>
>> <?lc
>> command showConst
>> constant k="inside handler"
>> put k
>> end showConst
>> constant k="OutsideHandler"
>> put k
>> showconst
>> put k
>>
>> ?>
>>
>> You end up with kinsidehandlerk
>>
>> Keith, yeah revserver supports put.  Anything that is "put" without a
>> destination container ends up as part of the final page.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Matthias Rebbe<
>> matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-**d.de <matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de>>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Alex,
>>>
>>> Tried here with LiveCodeServer 5.0.2 and got the same result. :(
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>> Am 10.02.2012 um 16:01 schrieb Alex Tweedly:
>>>
>>>  constant K = "asdf"
>>>>> put K
>>>>>
>>>> If I put the above 2 lines in a script in a stack or in the IDE/msgbox,
>>>>
>>> I get (as expected) "asdf" output.
>>>
>>>> But if do the same thing in a revserver script  (in my case, on-rev),  I
>>>>
>>> get "K".
>>>
>>>> That seems wrong to me, and the dictionary for constant includes server
>>>>
>>> in its platform list.
>>>
>>>> Am I missing something ?  Can someone else try it and see if I'm doing
>>>>
>>> something odd.
>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -- Alex.
>>>>
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