[Laszlo-dev] basegrid attributes with, value=$immediately{null} ?

[André Bargull]

If you are using:
> <attribute name="bgcolor1" type="color" value="null" />
you'll get:
> constraint_when.lzx:5:64: *invalid color: null*

Somehow obvious, because "bgcolor1" is of type "color" and there is no 
color named "null".


> [cc-ing laszlo-dev to share these oral traditions]
>
> `value="$x{y}"` is shorthand for `value="x" when="y"`, so I would say  
> the doc tool needs to know how to parse both.
>
> OTOH `$immediately{null}` is exactly the same as `null`; i.e., the  
> default value for `when` is immediately.
>
> Oh and, `${y}` is shorthand for `$always{y}`, because that is the most  
> common reason for a when other than immediately.
>
> The simple work-around for now would appear to be to remove the  
> (useles) constraint from the source.
>
> On 2008-06-23, at 15:27 EDT, Donald Anderson wrote:
>
>   
>> > Hey, I noticed you three were the last that touched this, maybe you  
>> > know....
>> >
>> > <basegrid> has a couple attributes:
>> >
>> >        <attribute name="bgcolor0" type="color"  
>> > value="$immediately{null}"/>
>> >        <attribute name="bgcolor1" type="color"  
>> > value="$immediately{null}"/>
>> >
>> > $immediately{null} means nothing to the doctools, and it shows as  
>> > just that.
>> > I noticed basetabs.lzx has:
>> >
>> >      <attribute name="inset_top" value="8" type="number"  
>> > when="immediately" />
>> >
>> > So maybe when="immediately" is meant?
>> >
>> > This code has been in basegrid.lzx since r726 when it was imported  
>> > from perforce.
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > - Don
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Don Anderson
>> > Java/C/C++, Berkeley DB, systems consultant
>> >
>> > voice: 617-547-7881
>> > email: dda at ddanderson.com
>> > www: http://www.ddanderson.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
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