Case-sensitive behavior of clone?

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Case-sensitive behavior of clone?
	2006-05-23 07:06:00
> Think about this for a minute. Consider: > > a := 42 > a type // "a" and not Number > > What would you do about cases like this? I mean, say I have a method: > > doStuff := method(x, y, >   if(x type == Number type, ...) >  ; ... > ) > > There's no way I can check this anymore; how would I make sure a  > slot holds an object of a specific type? If I wrote the method, and am calling it, I should have some  confidence that I'm calling it with the correct arguments- If this is input from an unknown source, shouldn't I have performed  my input validation long previous with a regex or something? (at least, that's the way *I* think) Meaningful case is almost as blasphemous as meaningful whitespace to  me, and I would think that all the "type" information you could ever  need for anything could be obtained from an object's protos list if  you thought ahead and built the hierarchy right...
Case-sensitive behavior of clone?
	2006-05-24 01:13:33
> Meaningful case is almost as blasphemous as meaningful whitespace to > me, and I would think that all the "type" information you could ever > need for anything could be obtained from an object's protos list if > you thought ahead and built the hierarchy right... Iseriouslycan'tunderstandwhatyourproblemiswithwhitespace. Trent
Case-sensitive behavior of clone?
	2006-05-24 01:23:45
> >> Meaningful case is almost as blasphemous as meaningful whitespace to >> me, and I would think that all the "type" information you could ever >> need for anything could be obtained from an object's protos list if >> you thought ahead and built the hierarchy right... > > Iseriouslycan'tunderstandwhatyourproblemiswithwhitespace. hAhA       i      ; mEaNt             iN    ;         tHe  ;           pYtHoN             sEnSe