Type-Specific vs Type-Casting member functions

Hi CF Community,

I’d like to get your opinions. Would you prefer CF’s member functions to be type-specific or type-casting? Currently they are type-specific.

These work:

1. myString.dateTimeMemberFunction()

2. myString.numericMemberFunction()
3. myNumber.stringMemberFunction()
4. myXMLAttribute.structMemberFunction()
5. myXMLNode.arrayMemberFunction()

These fail:

1. myDateTime.stringMemberFunction()
2. myDateTime.numericMemberFunction()
3. myNumber.dateTimeMemberFunction()

If they were Type-Casting, then “stringy” member functions would work on any simple variable just as their BIF counterparts do.

Related ticket: https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/CF-4187503

Please add your comments here and/or on that ticket. Please vote your opinion.

Thanks!,

-Aaron

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