Alex Tweedly wrote: > On 09/06/2017 00:40, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> I don't understand. A script-only stack contain no objects, so >> even if you later copy them, they still need to be dynamically >> instantiated at some point, no? >> >> Like a Zen koan: how can there be a binary object where there is no >> binary object? >> > Hmmm - we're probably heading off into the weeds here .... > > The script-only stack is used as a behaviour for controls within > another stack - so it can copt hose controls without them bieng binary > objects within the scrip-only stack. > > OR > > The script-only stack creates a set of objects the first time it is > used (creating the template group). > Subsequent uses of the script (in the same context) will (at most) > copy that template group - so yes they are being created - but with > minimal work because it's doing a copy rather than "create and then > set lots of properties". > > So not quite as much saving in the second case - but still less work > than creating and setting lots of properties for the controls.
Thanks. Glad to find there isn't some mysterious wormhole I'd never conceived of in which a script-only stack can contain things beyond a script.
But also disappointed. There are a few cases where such a thing may be useful.
I'll leave wormholes to theoretical physics, and just stick to my script-only stacks and NIB-like UI stacks for now.
-- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.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
