OK Sold. I never really understood the value of using long id's until Richard's explanation, and an issue I was having as well with object resolution between different modules and a back script.
Bob S > On May 31, 2017, at 17:18 , Trevor DeVore via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> I almost always pass long IDs as object references, e.g.: >> >> put the long ID of grc "portal-title-bkgnd" into tObj >> DoSomethingWith tObj >> >> Complete, absolute, unambiguous, and, if used repeatedly, cached. > > > I second that. I almost always use long ids as well. > > -- > Trevor DeVore _______________________________________________ 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