That's an interesting distinction, especially as it's often the case that both are true when creating new objects - the last (most recent) becomes the last (highest numbered).
The fallacy of the first rule is only proven when a new object is created and forced down the 'recency' scale - by placing it in an older (and hence lower numbered) group. Just out of interest, can the language recognise 'most recent' in any way - i.e. do objects get a time/date stamp behind the scenes (as standard) as well as a number? Best, Keith.. On 17 Jan 2012, at 00:25, Bob Sneidar wrote: > OIC not the "last object that was created" but the "last object in the > numbered list of objects"! I think you may be right about that! > > Bob > > > On Jan 16, 2012, at 1:28 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > >> On 1/16/12 2:17 PM, user wrote: >>> First of all, thanks to all of you who offered advice on this >>> problem, with special thanks to Craig Newman for definitively >>> pointing out that "The "last" keyword is not stable when referring to >>> groups." - apparently a LC bug >> >> I'm not sure it's really a bug. I think the "last" keyword refers to the >> highest-numbered object. If you put an object into a group, it won't be the >> highest number unless the enclosing group is also the highest numbered >> object. >> >> I don't have authoritative info about that, but that's how it's behaving. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
