Refer to new group?

[Monte Goulding]

Funnily enough I bumped up against this on Monday when making this patch https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1301/files <https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1301/files> and filed this report http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18118 <http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18118>

As you can see I’m using Jeanne’s workaround here but really this needs some engine improvements which is why I filed the report to look into when we get a chance.

Cheers

Monte


> On 2 Aug 2016, at 4:37 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> 
> I vaguely recall some new language element recently added to allow us to more reliably refer to newly-created groups.
> 
> Apparently the "group" command is an exception to the general rule that "it" will contain the long ID of a newly-created object after a command that creates it.
> 
> And using "last" is not always reliable with groups.
> 
> After reviewing Release Notes from 8.1 back to 6.7 I can't find mention of such an option.
> 
> Am I dreaming?
> 
> I was prompted to explore this from this forum thread:
> http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=27707
> 
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