2.9 within bug?

[Richard Gaskin]

J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Jim Lambert wrote:
>> Tried to search the quality control center to see if this is a logged 
>> bug, but kept getting a 'no response' from the server.
>> 
>> So, can anyone confirm if this is a known bug in 2.9?
>> 
>> 2.9 OSX
>> put  "1074,118"  is within "1005,98,1077,118"
>> false
>> 
>> 2.8 OSX
>> put  "1074,118"  is within "1005,98,1077,118"
>> true
>> 
>> Any suggested workarounds?
> 
> Look in the engine change log in the 2.9 release folder. It says:
> 
> is within
> ~~~~~~~~~
>    Previously, the "is within" operation would include bottom and right 
> edges of the rectangle in the test. This is inconsitent with all other 
> areas where rectangles are used in Revolution where the bottom and right 
> edges are not included. The previous functionality is also inconsistent 
> with the HyperCard implementation. Therefore, the functionality has been 
> changed.

Please ignore my last post. I was a bit hasty.  Yes, it's confirmed, but 
it conforms to the description here and is not in any way critical.  I 
my pre-coffee state I was confusing "is within" with "is in", which 
would be an altogether different matter.

Sorry to contribute to confusion.

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