ColdFusion Array Loop Works With ARGUMENTS

As a quick follow up to my post yesterday on using ColdFusion 8's new array iteration via CFLoop, I thought I would check to see if array iteration worked on another "pseudo array", the function ARGUMENTS scope. The ARGUMENTS scope is a very interesting object that has both struct and array properties, meaning, it can be accessed both by key and by index value. As this object only has array-like behavior and is not a true array, it is not clear as to how much array manipulation will be possible. To test this, all I did was set up a function that takes its ARGUMENTS scope and loops over it, CFDumping out each value:

<cffunction
	name="LoopArguments"
	access="public"
	returntype="void"
	output="true"
	hint="Iterates over the arguments array.">

	<!--- Define the local scope. --->
	<cfset var LOCAL = {} />

	<!--- Iterate over the arguments as if it were an array. --->
	<cfloop
		index="LOCAL.Value"
		array="#ARGUMENTS#">

		<!--- Dump out data element. --->
		<cfdump
			var="[#LOCAL.Value#]"
			label="ARGUMENTS Data Point"
			/>

	</cfloop>

	<!--- Return out. --->
	<cfreturn />
</cffunction>

In the CFDump tag, I am including the brackets for visible value deliniation; this means that only string values can be passed to the function, but this should work the same, functionally, with any type of value. Now, we just run the code:

<!--- Call function with various values. --->
<cfset LoopArguments(
	"Itty",
	"Bitty",
	"Kitty",
	"Club"
	) />

It works perfectly, giving us the CFDump output:

[Itty] [Bitty] [Kitty] [Club]

Cool; ColdFusion 8's new array iteration works fine with the array-like behavior of the ARGUMENTS scope.