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  7. Date: Tue, 27 Jul 93 15:45:16 BST
  8. From: D.Higginson@axion.bt.co.uk
  9. To: AmigaE@bkhouse.cts.com
  10. Cc: D.Higginson@axion.bt.co.uk
  11. Subject: Initialising variables in objects
  12.  
  13.  
  14. Why is it that sometimes you can write something like:
  15.  
  16. object.field:=variable
  17.  
  18. and it will work fine, but if you try:
  19.  
  20. object.field:=function()
  21.  
  22. then EC will stop in its tracks and present you with an
  23. 'illegal reference' or some such error message.
  24.  
  25. However, if you assign the value to a variable first,
  26. everything is ok:
  27.  
  28. fred:=function()
  29. object.field:=fred
  30.  
  31. I know that I have already got a way of getting round
  32. this, but it's not very elegant, is it?
  33.  
  34. Perhaps I am missing something (like my brain :-)...
  35.  
  36. Dave.