"send" vs "dispatch"

[Brian Milby]

Probably the “in time” variant along with parity.

The PR also opens up sending to widget handlers which is what I’m waiting for.

Thanks,
Brian
On Oct 5, 2018, 9:36 PM -0400, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> Is there a benefit to adding parameters to send? Or does this just bring it
> into parity/redundancy with dispatch?
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 3:16 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > There is a PR to change this:
> > https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/6479
> >
> > Will add args to send and call.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> > On Oct 5, 2018, 6:09 PM -0400, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> > > A word to the wise (mostly for IDE and extension developers): this will
> > > successfully compile:
> > >
> > > send "test" to button 1 with "ha"
> > >
> > > And then if the IDE is swallowing up your error messages (as it does for
> > > extensions like Navigator) it will even deliver the message "test" to
> > > button 1, just without any arguments, and then die silently.
> > >
> > > Outside of "rev" stacks, it will deliver the message without arguments
> > and
> > > then throw an error saying there is no handler "with". I just checked,
> > and
> > > amazingly this will work:
> > >
> > > on mouseUp
> > > send "test" to button 1 with "ha"
> > > end mouseUp
> > >
> > > on with
> > > answer "WTH?"
> > > end with
> > >
> > > But that's obviously unlikely. Far more likely if you're dealing with
> > > code you wrote before you became aware of "dispatch" (or maybe before
> > > "dispatch" was a thing -- I think Navigator predates LC 3.5) is that you
> > > decide to add an argument to a remote call and don't notice that it's a
> > > "send" rather than a "dispatch", and then spend half an hour trying to
> > > figure out why your arguments aren't passing through <grumble>.
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