ProcedureBlock

Usage

The class definition specifies whether methods in the class are procedure blocks by default. To override that default, and specify that a given method is a procedure block, use the following syntax:

Method name(formal_spec) As returnclass [ ProcedureBlock ] 
{    //implementation }

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Or (equivalently):

Method name(formal_spec) As returnclass [ ProcedureBlock=1 ] 
{    //implementation }

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Otherwise, to specify that a given method is not a procedure block, use the following syntax:

Method name(formal_spec) As returnclass [ ProcedureBlock=0 ] 
{    //implementation }

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Details

This keyword specifies that an ObjectScript method is a procedure block.

Within ObjectScript, methods can be implemented as procedure blocks or not. Procedure blocks enforce variable scoping: methods cannot see variables defined by their caller. New applications use procedure blocks; non-procedure blocks exist for backwards compatibility.

See Also

• “Method Definitions” in this book

• “Defining and Calling Methods” in Defining and Using Classes

• “Defining Method and Trigger Generators” in Defining and Using Classes

• “Introduction to Compiler Keywords” in Defining and Using Classes