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Re: OS X alternative to Tanaka's
From:
Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 22 May 2003 09:03:45 +1000
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On 22/5/03 12:18 AM +1000, Eric Schult, [log in to unmask], wrote:

> I like Tanaka's for its ability to readFromFile in one line of code, without
> having to open for access and close access (and having to worry about leaving
> the file busy if there's an error before the close access line is reached).
> It's just a quibble, really; it's what I'm used to.

Try:

 set x to read file pathToFile

Your quibble is baseless.

> The same argument for writeToFile in Tanaka's. It's just cleaner.

"cleaner"? Because it uses commands with names like "readFromFile" when
AppleScript guidelines say not to?

I think you were closer to the mark earlier: "it's what I'm used to".

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Shane Stanley,  [log in to unmask]

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