Variable parameter synonym functions

[Mike Kerner]

Yes, I understand how to do it, I'm just wondering if there's a more
elegant way.

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Hi Mikey,
>
> Here's a way:
>
> on mouseUp
>      put fun1("a","b")
> end mouseUp
>
> function fun1
>      repeat with x = 1 to the paramcount
>           put param(x) & comma after myList
>      end repeat
>      put "fun2(" & char 1 to -2 of myList & ")" into myFun
>      return value(myFun)
> end fun1
>
> function fun2
>      return the paramcount
> end fun2
>
> --
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>
> Mark Schonewille
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> On 10/23/2014 13:51, Mikey wrote:
>
>> Has anybody come up with an easy way to write functions or handlers that
>> are synonyms for other functions/handlers where both take a variable number
>> of parameters?
>>
>> If I want to have a handler "a" and synonym "aardvark", I would normally
>> write
>>
>> on a name
>>     aardvark name
>> end a
>>
>> on aardvark name
>>     answer "I'm an aardvark named"&&name
>> end aardvark
>>
>>
>> Now imagine doing that while supporting a variable number of parameters.
>>
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