[TAO] value() to obtain pointer functionality

[Mike Kerner]

Nope.
try it.
I'll spare everyone else the suspense.  You get "1".  Hello dereferencing
 pointers.

I also did this:
put 1 into a
put "a" into b
put "b" into c
put value(c)

which gives me "a", which I half-expected, but if I put value(value(c)) I
still get "1", so now I can also build handles as well as pointers.

And yes, it works compiled, and on mobile.



On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:08 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:

> Well, it all started in 1987.
>
>
> ("a"), and (quote & "a" & quote) are not the same thing at all. One is a
> literal and the other is a variable.
>
>
>
>  put 1 into a
> put "a" into b
> put value(b)
>
>
> You could have just "put b". But in any case, the variable "a" was
> created and loaded with a "1". Then the variable "b" was created and loaded
> with the literal "a". The two never spoke to each other.
>
>
> Is this what you meant? It is harder to read my post than understand it.
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 28, 2014 4:52 pm
> Subject: [TAO] value() to obtain pointer functionality
>
>
> If someone is going to tell me that I just forgot this, and it's well-known
> behavior, I'm going to have a small cow, because I was of the impression
> that we were pointer-less.  Maybe not.
>
> put 1 into a
> put "a" into b
> put value(b)
>
>
> Welcome to the Tao of LiveCode.  Again.  Grrrrrrrrrrrr.  All those wasted
> DO statements.
>
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-- 
On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."