[Xerte] Re: getTime oddness

Thu Mar 31 18:15:26 BST 2011

That says to me that you need to create the new Date object before you
can use getTime() on it. Seems logical to me, actually.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:01 AM
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness

Just for archives clarity.

myVar = new Date().getTime();
debug(myVar); //undefined

myVar = (new Date()).getTime();
debug(myVar); //1301590743993

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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: Mike.Baker at RelianceInteractive.com; xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:48:47 +0100
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness

It's a runtime interpreter. It tokenises the code as it executes it.
I've never fully understood the whole lexing / tokenising process: the
code is in the XMLEngine.fla. There is the odd scenario it chokes on,
but seven years on and must be several million lines of execution later,
I'm happy to say it mostly works!

I would have hought that is what's happening, yes, and why myVar = new
Date().getTime(); works.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Mike Baker
[Mike.Baker at RelianceInteractive.com]
Sent: 31 March 2011 16:16
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness

Because it forces the compiler to consider the phrase in the parens
first. It may have been trying to do new (Date().getTime()); if the
compiler tokenizes by whitespace first.

Mike

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:24 AM
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness

debug((new Date()).getTime());

works with extra parentheses. 

?

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From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:06:05 +0100
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness

myVar = new Date().getTime();

debug(myVar); ??

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
[d_b_burnett at hotmail.com]
Sent: 31 March 2011 10:27
To: Xerte list
Subject: [Xerte] getTime oddness

Why would I get an undefined here?

debug(new Date().getTime());

new Date() gives me a date.

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