[V4REV] symbolic constants

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/13/05 12:48 PM, "Robert Brenstein" <rjb at robelko.com> wrote:

> It does not matter that it is a single call. *I* want to control when
> and where (and if) you create it. Nothing personal :) I just don't
> like you doing things behind my back. Particularly with globals which
> can really be a source of conflicts or errors.
> 
> I may want
> 
> global gMyValConstants
> put Valentina("Constants") into gMyValConstants
> put Valentina("DebugLevel", gMyValConstants["kLogParam"])
> 
> or I may want
> 
> local cVal
> put Valentina("Constants") into cVal
> put Valentina("DebugLevel", cVal["kLogParam"])
> 
> or just
> 
> put Valentina("DebugLevel", 3) -- LogParam
> 
> With a single global, having your symbolic names identical as in RB
> will work just fine. Recalling any name which is not defined
> 
> Yes, using arrays require more typing but having a single global
> related to Valentina is a big plus IMHO. And what you propose is
> 
> put Valentina("DebugLevel", gValentina_kLogParam)
> 
> which is not any shorter to type.

Good points Robert!

We can consider this way.

-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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