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From: cca@pur-phy (Charles C. Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: the target
Message-ID: <1011@pur-phy>
Date: 6 Mar 88 03:23:46 GMT
Organization: Purdue Univ. Phys Dept, W.Lafayette, IN
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I hope someone can point out my stupidity, or at least tell me that
the same thing doesn't happen with them.  Otherwise, the limited
inheritance in HyperTalk is even more crippled.

    *	Create a new field and put some numbers separated by commas in
	it.  I had 5 items in a card field in an otherwise empty
	stack.

    *	Now add the following script to the field:

		on test
		   put item 2 of the target
		end test

    *	Stare in dismay as nothing gets put in the message box when
	you do a <<send "test" to card field 'blort'>> via the message
	box.

Oddly, it works if you replace "item 2" with item 1.  I didn't try
items 3, 4 or 5.  No, changing the actual numbers doesn't make a
difference.

Where this really showed up was in something like the following:

	on test
	   put item 1 of the target - item 2 of the target into snark
	   ...
	end test

The interpreter would come back with something like <<card field
"blort" is not appropriate for ->>.  If you went to the script at that
point, the cursor would be right after the - sign.

What's up?

Charlie Allen		cca@newton.physics.purdue.edu