Re: Defaults in flags()

On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Hans Dieter Pearcey wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 08:55:04AM -0400, David Wheeler wrote:
> > > "inherit" should define a component path.
> >
> > Flags are booleans, I believe. It seems kind of odd that inherit
> > actually stores something other than a 1 or a 0.
>
> HTML::Mason::Devel says:
>
>   the value may be any scalar value, including references
>
> The only flag I know about is 'inherit', so the idea that "flags are
> booleans" boggles me.  Where did you find it?  (non-rhetorical)

I think he is referring the dictionary definition of flag, as used in
computer programming.

http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/tech/computers/TheHackersDictionaryofComputerJargon/chap25.html

In mason, the flags section is for non-inherited, private attributes.
So he is right.  We are misusing the term a bit.

~ John Williams


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