tracker issue : CF-3909712

This is appallingly awful syntax:

cfwddx(action="cfml2wddx", input={}, output="w");

a) It looks like a function, but isn't a function (although it SHOULD be a function!) 
b) and it returns a value but one needs to pass the name of a variable INTO the construct.

This is ludicrous.  Ludicrous.

Functionality like this should have been implemented like this:

w = wddx({}, "cfml2wddx"); // although for non-WDDX input in the first argument, the action can be inferred.

Or perhaps:

w = cfmlToWddx(/* etc */);

Or *better*, have a .toWddx() method on the various CFML data types. THAT would be a good solution. You should aim for good solutions, not ratshit lazy ones like you've given us in CF11.

And I don't just mean cfwddx()... I mean ALL of the previously tag-only functionality needs to be revisited. You need to do your jobs like professionals. Your clients rely on this. And pay for this.

-- 
Adam

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Watson Bug ID:	3909712

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