[Xerte] Re: getTime oddness

[Dave Burnett]

I agree.

But it must be the way Xerte parses it.
99% of the AS2 examples to prevent cacheing just use  "url?blah" + new Date().getTime();

Dave


Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:15:26 -0700
From: Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness



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
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness 
Just for archives clarity.

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

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

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 oddnessIt'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. 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
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddnessBecause 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
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: getTime oddness 
debug((new Date()).getTime());

works with extra parentheses. 

?


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 oddnessmyVar = new Date().getTime();debug(myVar); ?? 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
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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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