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Why '::'?
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25/04/2000 23:25:05
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00363407
Message ID:
00363443
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27
>>I consider the use of "::" as the equivalent of a GOTO command - a sign of a questionable design. Are there any circumstances where it legitimately needs to be used?
>
>Yeah, in VFP3 we needed it to run the code in the parent class and custom code for a method. THere was no DoDefault() back in the day (I think)

And the fact that DODEFAULT() was buggy in VFP 5 made :: a good idea, as well.
Larry Miller
MCSD
LWMiller3@verizon.net

Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning. -- Mingjiao
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