Possible Goofy Fix Found for Missing PlayStopped

[J. Landman Gay]

On 1/31/04 1:07 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> 
>  on playLoop
>    global gPlay
>    if the shiftkey is down then -- stop loop
>      put false into gPlay
>      stop player 1
>    else
>      put true into gPlay
>      start player 1
>      goofyFix
>    end if
>  end playLoop
> 
>  on playStopped
>    global gPlay
>    if gPlay then playLoop
>  end playStopped
> 
>  on goofyFix
>    global gPlay
>    if not gPlay then exit goofyFix
>    set rect of this stack to rect of this stack
>    send "goofyFix" to me in 100 milliseconds
>  end goofyFix
> 
> The strange thing is, even though the script seems to work, the playStopped
> handler won't return the name of the stopping player, which almost leads me
> to believe whatever mechanism is handling the player messages is leaving out
> that information somewhere.
> 
> Anyway, hope this is useful for folks in the interim.

Wow. The goofiness of the fix almost makes it worth having the bug in 
the first place. :)

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