Is restoring text item delimiters necessary?

Question

The commonly recommended way to use text item delimiters is like this:

set tid to AppleScript\'s text item delimiters
set AppleScript\'s text item delimiters         


        

Answer 1

I remember reading something about this change that you're talking about, that it was no longer necessary to reset them, however I couldn't find anything about it after a Google search. As such I did a quick test. I made these 2 scripts and ran them in AppleScript Editor. First this one...

set text item delimiters to "something"
return text item delimiters

And then this one...

return text item delimiters

The second script returns {""}. So it seems the first script is not affecting the second. I tested this in both 10.6 and 10.8 with the same results.

Here's applescript release notes. I can't find release notes for 10.7 or 10.8. Searching them turns up nothing on this subject either...

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/AppleScript/RN-AppleScript/RN-10_3/RN-10_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000982-CH103-SW1

Therefore I have no definitive answer for you. Everyone says to reset them but my simple test shows that it's not required.

Also you're right, you don't need "Applescript's" outside of tell blocks.