[Laszlo-dev] Any idea what this line from LzParam is supposed to mean?

[P T Withington]

Given the comment from Adam, since LzParams is not supposed to treat  
any keywords specially, I think we are better off making it not be a  
node.  If anyone was using it as a node, they will have to adapt.  (It  
would be really bad if keys like 'name' or 'id' got sidetracked and  
not entered as a param!)

On 2008-03-12, at 18:02 EDT, André Bargull wrote:

> Some thoughts:
> - What if people use "new lz.params()", so accessing the LzParam  
> through the "lz"-namespace? That won't work anymore.
> - and less important: Maybe someone expects the LzParam object to be  
> in the subnodes-Array of its parent. Same goes for id and all other  
> LzNode stuff. Even if I don't think anyone actually uses these  
> aspects of LzNode for LzParam....
>
>> I think the original idea must have been to make it available in LZX
>> somehow, but that was before
>> my time..
>>
>>
>> There is one usage I saw in LzDataset
>>
>> function getParams (){
>>    if (this.params == null) {
>>        new LzParam ( this , { name : "params" } );
>>    }
>>
>>    return this.params;
>> }
>>
>> But that could just be made to bind "this.params = new LzParam()", I
>> don't see anywhere that  depends on it
>> being an actual LzNode for any reason.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:32 PM, P T Withington <ptw at pobox.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >> wrote:
>> >/ That sounds like the right thing.  Unless someone is expecting to
>> />/  write <param>...</param> why would it be a node?
>> />/
>> />/
>> />/
>> />/  On 2008-03-12, at 16:11 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:
>> />/
>> />/  > LzParam is this  hash-table-like thing that was supposed to  
>> keep track
>> />/  > of query args for HTTP requests for datasets; it was  
>> supposed to be
>> />/  > able to
>> />/  > keep them case-sensitively, even in swf5, and keep multiple  
>> values,
>> />/  > etc. I don't see why it is a LzNode though, but there might  
>> be one
>> />/  > or two places that still expect it to be.
>> />/  >
>> />/  > I think we ought to make it stop subclassing LzNode, but i  
>> had better
>> />/  > check the callers I can find to make sure nobody is  
>> depending on that.
>> />/  >
>> />/  >
>> />/  >
>> />/  > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:05 PM, P T Withington <ptw at  
>> mac.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev>>  
>> wrote:
>> />/  >> Hah.  Well that is not going to work if LzParam inherits  
>> from LzNode.
>> />/  >> What is LzParam and does it need to be a Node?
>> />/  >>
>> />/  >>
>> />/  >>
>> />/  >> On 2008-03-12, at 15:44 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote:
>> />/  >>
>> />/  >>> from adam...
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> />/  >>> From: Adam Wolff <adam at elasticprocess.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >>
>> />/  >>> Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:38 PM
>> />/  >>> Subject: Re: Fwd: [Laszlo-dev] Any idea what this line from
>> />/  >>> LzParam is
>> />/  >>> supposed to mean?
>> />/  >>> To: Henry Minsky <henry.minsky at gmail.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>> I forget the mechanism, but the idea is to make sure that  
>> LzParam
>> />/  >>> doesn't
>> />/  >>> treat keywords like "parent" or "name" specially.
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>> A
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>> On Wed, March 12, 2008 12:21 pm, Henry Minsky wrote:
>> />/  >>>> ??
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> />/  >>>> From: P T Withington <ptw at pobox.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >>
>> />/  >>>> Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:39 PM
>> />/  >>>> Subject: [Laszlo-dev] Any idea what this line from  
>> LzParam is
>> />/  >>>> supposed to
>> />/  >>>> mean? To: Laszlo-dev bug reporting <laszlo-dev at  
>> openlaszlo.org <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo- 
>> dev>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>> //undefine all setters but name and id
>> />/  >>>> setters.$hasdefaultattrs = -1;
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>> --
>> />/  >>>> Henry Minsky
>> />/  >>>> Software Architect
>> />/  >>>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >
>> />/  >>>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>>
>> />/  >>> --
>> />/  >>> Henry Minsky
>> />/  >>> Software Architect
>> />/  >>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >
>> />/  >>
>> />/  >>
>> />/  >
>> />/  >
>> />/  >
>> />/  > --
>> />/  > Henry Minsky
>> />/  > Software Architect
>> />/  > hminsky at laszlosystems.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >
>> />/
>> />/
>> /
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Henry Minsky
>> Software Architect
>> hminsky at laszlosystems.com <http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev 
>> >
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