Re: No spaces allowed in text variable names ... ?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46218
interpreted = N
texte = Kenneth Grome wrote:> Several years ago, Grant Hulbert told me -- very clearly -- that he > wrote the webcatalog parsing engine to consider any character to be > exactly like any other character when it parses webdna code.You'll have to forgive me my skepticism; unless you can produce the e-mail in question, I'm afraid I cannot trust your memory of events. And, as I pointed out in the earlier thread, _you yourself_ were fully aware of the limitation on field and variable names in July 2000 (unless you want to claim that was another forged message).If Grant were still around, I suspect that he could confirm that the fact that WebCat 1-3 permitted spaces in field and variable names was an oversight, not a concious design decision. Apparently very few people would even think of using spaces in field/variable names, since this issue has come up very, very infrequently.John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Kenneth Grome wrote:> Several years ago, Grant Hulbert told me -- very clearly -- that he > wrote the webcatalog parsing engine to consider any character to be > exactly like any other character when it parses webdna code.You'll have to forgive me my skepticism; unless you can produce the e-mail in question, I'm afraid I cannot trust your memory of events. And, as I pointed out in the earlier thread, _you yourself_ were fully aware of the limitation on field and variable names in July 2000 (unless you want to claim that was another forged message).If Grant were still around, I suspect that he could confirm that the fact that WebCat 1-3 permitted spaces in field and variable names was an oversight, not a concious design decision. Apparently very few people would even think of using spaces in field/variable names, since this issue has come up very, very infrequently.John-- John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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