ColdFusion 10 Beta - Miscellaneous Parsing Bugs And Oddities

bug1.cfm

<cfscript>


	// None of the following three return() statements work when used
	// in conjunction with implicit-notations for ARRAY, STRUCT, and
	// CLOSURE. Must return "( )" from return statement in order to
	// parse properly.
	function returnImplictNotation(){

		return( [ ] );
		return( { } );
		return( function(){ } ) ;

	}


</cfscript>

bug2.cfm

<cfscript>


	// Function expressions / closures cannot be defined in the
	// context of an implict struct.
	udfs = {
		doThis: function(){ },
		doThat: function(){ },
	};


	// Function expressions / closures cannot be defined in the
	// context of an implict array.
	callbacks = [
		function(){ },
		function(){ }
	];


</cfscript>

bug3.cfm

<cfscript>


	// Define our UDF to pass into the thread.
	doSomething = function(){
		// ...
	};


	// Spawn a thread and pass-in the UDF as an attribute.
	thread
		name = "testFunctionCall"
		action = "run"
		udf = doSomething
		control = "Simple Value"
		{

		// As a "control", export the simple value.
		thread.control = attributes.control;

		// Invoke off of attributes -- for some reason, this throws
		// an error (regardless of whether or not the given function
		// is a standard function or a closure). It can be invoked
		// without scoping... but NOT with it.
		attributes.udf();

	}


	// Join the thread so we can see the output.
	thread action = "join";

	// Outpu the thread properties.
	writeDump( cfthread );


</cfscript>