asynchronous messages and answer dialog

[Richard Gaskin]

rodney tamblyn wrote:

>...there's the inconsistency between "the windows" 
> (where it doesn't appear) and '"is there a window "answer dialog"'
 > where it does.

I think this may be a case where attempting compatibility with another 
xTalk may have unexpected consequences:

In Transcript, a "window" is a different entity than a stack; indeed one 
can open a stack in the window of another stack.

In SuperCard, the function "windows()" returns a list of open window 
objects, which in that xTalk roughly equate to what a substack is in 
Transcript.

So when MetaCard added support for "windows()" for the benefit of 
SuperCard users, it created a case of mixed metaphors in attempting to 
use "window" and "stack" as synonyms, which is the case with "if there 
is a window..." (functionally the same as "if there is a stack").

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