coercion to string values has effects

[Helmut Jäcklein]

Thanks a lot Matt,

that is a great help for me!

Matt Neuburg wrote:

> See p. 328 of my book to understand the reason for this feature. Coercion
> of string4s to strings takes place in a context of name-substitution, so
> that when you're examining an Apple event you see the name of a string4
> constant:
>
>   with system.macintosh.constants {msg(displaystring('afte'))}
>
> To avoid this feature, either avoid actions where displaystring is
> (implicitly) invoked, or don't use string4s, or change the context (that
> is, have the string4 and the coercion take place in two different contexts
> so the coercion can't see the string4). m.
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