RSG bug: `node.bogusField = 42` does zilch
Here is a scenical bug: assigning a value to a non-existent field of a Node does not work - nor does it show error message of any kind:
Ok, so perhaps a field that has not been officially added (<interface> or addField()) - or name is misspelled - cannot be assigned, that makes sense. What does not make sense is execution silently ignoring the exception and continuing! Hard error message should be shown and program interrupted when this happens.
I found this the hard way, having my code "working" - but not really. Had to meticulously examine line by line to figure what might have gone wrong. Not a good way to spend our time.
BrightScript Debugger> ? scene.foo : scene.foo = 42 : ? scene.foo
invalid
invalid
BrightScript Debugger> ? type(scene), scene.parentSubtype(scene.subtype())
roSGNode Scene
Ok, so perhaps a field that has not been officially added (<interface> or addField()) - or name is misspelled - cannot be assigned, that makes sense. What does not make sense is execution silently ignoring the exception and continuing! Hard error message should be shown and program interrupted when this happens.
I found this the hard way, having my code "working" - but not really. Had to meticulously examine line by line to figure what might have gone wrong. Not a good way to spend our time.
