>>For those who don't know, when you have property_ASSIGN methods, these methods are executed even the property is in right side of an expression.
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>I wasn't aware of this bug (VFP7 SP1) ... :(
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>>This bug can considerably slow down code execution when ASSIGN methods were used.
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>Not to mention that it can royally **** up you logic if you're doing anything extra in ASSIGN that is dependent on the number of times, or when, it is called !!!
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>Makes the whole ACCESS/ASSIGN "feature set" rather useless, IMO.
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>Pretty sloppy.
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>(Back to "reworking" ...).

Check the thread, seems that only some intrinsic properties are affected. Sorry if my post scared you, wasn't my intention.