Name lookups probably only happen in the development environment. My guess is that everything is stored/referenced using the ID.
I’m not sure how this could translate to LC in general though. Thanks, Brian On Oct 2, 2018, 7:04 PM -0400, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > Geoff Canyon wrote: > > The fact that there is an underlying permanent unique id for everything, > > completely abstracted from the user. So you can change the name of a > > column, or table, or layout, one time, in the database definition, and all > > references to that object in scripts, other layouts, etc. will > > automatically update -- or really, peeking behind the curtain, I'm guessing > > they don't have to update at all because they all reference the permanent > > unique id, and only render it into the name you know it by when they render > > themselves for you to edit them. > > > > So in LiveCode terms, imagine if you could rename a card, and any script > > that referenced that card, or controls on it, wouldn't break, but just > > automatically reflect the new name. Or rename a control, or a stack. > > Ah, thanks. I wonder how the name lookup for every element in the > system affects performance. > > It sounds like in this regard LC is no worse off than MySQL, SQLite, and > other systems where names are used directly. > > -- > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
