The nested handler situation mentioned by Bob and Dr Hawkins are where the layered lock/unlock is useful. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > I agree with Richmond. I cannot think of a case where I would want to lock > a screen multiple times and then incrementally unlock the screen, knowing > that the screen is still locked! I can think of examples where I would want > to lock then unlock the screen while the script was still executing, but > not multiple times stacked. > > Bob > > > On Sep 20, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > > > Richmond- > > > > Thursday, September 20, 2012, 1:29:32 AM, you wrote: > > > >> That 'multiple lockscreen' thing does seem illogical and/or daft, and it > >> might not be a bad thing if it were changed so that 'locked' meant > >> 'locked once' and was not ambiguous. > > > > It's actually quite useful as is. It means I can write smaller > > routines that fiddle with the screen, locking before and unlocking > > afterwards. I can then string these routines together in a larger > > construct, locking before and unlocking after, without needing to > > worry about the screen suddenly popping to life (and slowing things > > down) in the middle. Remembering to unlock after you've locked isn't > > any more cumbersome than remembering to close parentheses or quotes. > > > > -- > > -Mark Wieder > > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
