sims wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> sims wrote:
>>> In the dictionary user notes for formattedheight, the word
>>> "command" is used where "function" might be used.
>>> Can someone please explain the significance of that to me? Is it
>>> different from a function?
>>
>> Functionally (all puns intended), "command" is synonymous with "on".
>>
>> "Command" was added to distinguish between message handlers and
>> commands, though that distinction is stylistic; AFAIK they can be
>> usdd interchangeably.
>
> Thanks... I was wondering if I was missing out on some new script
> goodies there. ;-)
Possibly one: have you started using the new "private" keyword?
E.g.:
private function EmpName
return fld "FirstName" && fld "LastName"
end EmpName
By specifying a command or function as "private" means it can only be
accessed by other handers in the same script.
This has two benefits:
1. It helps keep some handlers from being called, things like internal
utility functions in a library stack.
2. Speed: being available only to the local handler, they trim a fair
bit of the message-passing overhead. While the time to call both a
private and public handler is too small to be noticeable in a single
call, access time to private handlers benchmark about 30% faster, so for
frequently-accessed handlers it can be useful.
--
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