syntax question i guess i've never noticed before....
# luceee
Erin Brewer
04/17/2025, 11:02 PMsyntax question i guess i've never noticed before. If i have a function with an argument of type struct, can i not default it to an empty struct {} ?
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<cfargument name="keywordSearchConfig" type="struct" required="no" default={}>
Argument [keywordSearchConfig] is of invalid type, Cannot cast String [{}] to a value of type [struct]w
websolete
04/17/2025, 11:40 PM<cfargument name="keywordSearchConfig" type="struct" required="no" default="#{}#">websolete
04/17/2025, 11:41 PMcfscript syntax is a bit more forgiving than that
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Erin Brewer
04/17/2025, 11:50 PMha! one of the few times i would have expected the string eval not to work for some reason, thanks!
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dswitzer
04/18/2025, 11:15 AMYou can also use structNew()
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zackster
04/18/2025, 12:10 PMhttps://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-801 with 7 cfproperty no longer only supports simple types for defaults
zackster
04/18/2025, 12:14 PMSettings - Language/Compiler
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Erin Brewer
04/18/2025, 1:56 PM@zackster nice! i always though it was an odd design choice that a variable had to be evaluated in quotes in that context
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zackster
04/18/2025, 1:57 PMBackwards Compatibility
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bdw429s
04/18/2025, 5:18 PMIn tags, all unquoted attributes are taken as strings.
bdw429s
04/18/2025, 5:19 PMInteresting to see Lucee 7 has a switch for that. I know a lot of legacy code uses that.
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zackster
04/18/2025, 5:46 PMBeen there since ages