Getting a return from a dispatch to a function

[Mark Schonewille]

Bill,

Have you tried this using value("getValue()",...) instead of 
value(getValue,...)? I think getValue is interpreted as a string. 
Probably, this isn't a bug but just how xTalk languages are supposed to 
work.

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Mark Schonewille
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Op 2/23/2016 om 01:55 schreef William Prothero:
> Folks:
> I think I’ve found a bug when trying to call a function and get a return value out of the message path.
>
> I make a stack with a group containing 2 buttons, and a 3rd button to call the function>
>
> Script of calling button
> on mouseUp
>     breakpoint
>     put value("getValue",group "myGroup" of card "myCard") into tVal
> end mouseUp
>
> Script of group named “myGroup”
> function getValue
>     return "This is my value"
> end getValue
>
> When I click the calling button, I get “getValue” returned. The actual return value of the function is not returned.
>
> I’ve tested this in 7.1.2-r3 and 8.0.0 DP15.
> I’m using Mac OSX, El Capitan.
>
> Is it a bug?
>
> Bill
>
>
> William Prothero, Ph.D.
> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus
> prothero at earthednet.org
>
>
>
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