Strict Compile Mode

[Bob Sneidar]

Ah! Once again, crystal clear explanations from Jacque. Thanks that makes sense now.

On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:22 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 10/9/12 11:28 AM, Peter Haworth wrote:
> 
>> Still don't understand what "Variable Preservation" was supposed to do
>> though.  It sounds like a different thing than "explicit variables" or
>> "variable checking".
> 
> It's largely historical now. In the olden days, editing and recompiling a script would wipe the values of script local variables and set them to empty. That meant you had to add lines of code to re-initialize them so they'd still work after every edit. It not only made us crazy, it made the RR team crazy too, so one of the first things they did after RR obtained the engine was to change that. The option to go back to the old behavior is still there but I'd be surprised if anyone actually prefers to use it.
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com