Crowd Funding Enhancements

[Mats Wilstrand]

We had some discussion about this at the Engine forum. I too think this
would be a very nice feature to add. 
Check the last two pages of this thread:
http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=14880

Cheers
Mats

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of J. Landman Gay
> Sent: den 15 mars 2014 18:44
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Re: Crowd Funding Enhancements
> 
> On 3/15/14, 12:16 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> > We have all been doing what you suggest for years, which is precisely
> > the point.  There are several reasons why having "repeat for each
> <control>Š"
> > would be extremely welcome.
> >
> > 1) Precedents for this structure already exist in the language, so
> > it's not a departure:
> > repeat for each item x in "a,b,c".
> >
> > 2) The "repeat for each" structure is more efficient than looping
> > through controls, and developers would gain the benefits of fast
> processing.
> >
> > 3) The lives of developers would be easier.
> >
> > How many times have I started typing "repeat for each buttonŠ" and
> > then stopped myself, having remembered "Oh yeah, we can't do that."
> 
> Exactly. It seems so natural that even though I've been using xtalk since
1987,
> I still inadvertently try to use that structure occasionally. I suspect
new users
> will too. But as Richmond says, it's a trivial feature request, and
there's a
> ready workaround, so I've never asked for it in the bug database. But I
keep
> thinking someday I should.
> 
> Maybe one of our C++ geniuses will take pity on us.
> 
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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