[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: GetScrap -- use of?

[Jack Jansen]

Recently, "Joseph J. Strout" <joe@strout.net> said:
> At 11:43 AM -0800 02-22-99, Mike Byrne wrote:
> 
> >I ran into this, too.  You have to make a "dummy" resource, and then you
> >access the results with the "data" field....
> >
> >def scrapString():
> >    TheScrap = Res.Resource("")
> >    Scrap.GetScrap(TheScrap, 'TEXT')
> >    return TheScrap.data

Oops, Mike is right, Resource needs an empty string parameter.

> Jack, any reason we don't have a NewHandle() function?  And, how about
> supporting "None" for the first parameter to GetScrap, as a null handle?

The "None" parameter wouldn't be very useful, as you wouldn't be able
to retrieve the data gotten from the scrap...
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