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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Applescript Q: file specifications
Date: 28 Mar 2016 21:15:52 GMT
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On 2016-03-28, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 2016-03-28 16:03, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> set quotedfile to the quoted form of (aPhoto's original path as text)
>
> This worked.
>
> So how come I am able to
>
> write "original: " & aPhoto's original path & return to outfile
>
> which seems happy to handle "original path" as a string, but can't do
> the "quoted form" of aPhoto's original path without it trying to quote a
> binary object (the phone as a whole).

Because it's not resolving to a string in that context, but an object
reference instead. Sometimes variables need to be coerced - in any
language.

> BTW, all it does is add a single quote at start and end of string,
> something that would be easier done as
>
> write "original: '" & aPhoto's original path & "'" & return to outfile

That's subjective and debatable. I consider typing "the quoted form of"
to be both easier and faster in most cases. 

> or does this "quoted form" grant the string special powers and different
> handling because it is treated as a quoted string ? Or does it just
> merely add the ' characters fore and aft of the string and still
> considers it a string ?

set someString to "this is a string"
log class of someString
set anotherString to the quoted form of someString
log class of anotherString

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