Syntax anomaly

[Ethan Lish]

Sure, I should have included statement examples in the original post. 



		
On "browserClick" is an example a the compound keyword with the controller "browser" and the action "Click" aggregated into a message 




On "closeCard" is an example of the same but reversing the order of the first example 




On "touchStart" is an example of just the action being used as a message








Seems to be a language oddity which reduces the intuitive nature of the language increasing the complexity. 




I for one would prefer a standard approach of the first example. This would allow a natural grouping in document like the dictionary. One could go to the browser section and see all messages related to the browser





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On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, null <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:

> Hmmm.
> Are these Ruby terms? Can you elucidate the meaning of these, as they might pertain to LC? Or give an example of each?
> Craig Newman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Lish <ethanlish at gmail.com>
> To: use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Fri, Nov 21, 2014 4:31 pm
> Subject: Syntax anomaly
> All
> Recently I was reviewing the message syntax with a colleague. We encountered a 
> anomaly and thought it would be interesting to discuss in the forum
> Message language tokens seem to follow three different formats;
> Action 
> ControlAction
> ActionControl
> Is there a reason for this inconsistency?
> Is there a plan to standardize?
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