Parameters for functions and commands

[Thomas von Fintel]

I am well aware that I shouldn't expect *everything* in Livecode to be 
intuitive, but this one bugs me:

Having a handler like

    function DoStuff_1 a, b

       return a

    end DoStuff_1

When you do "put DoStuff_1 (2,3)" the result is 2.

But with

    on DoStuff_2 a, b

        put a

    end DoStuff_2

The result of DoStuff_2 (2, 3) is 2,3. "put a*b" produces an error.

This means, parameters are passed differently to command handlers and 
function handlers. Right?

Is that the way it should be and why?


Thanks for your patience

Thomas