set rect of fld f1 of cd c1 of wd w1 to rect of fld f2 of cd c2 of wd w2

[Richard Gaskin]

J. Landman Gay wrote:
> Mark Wieder wrote:
>
>>> How about the opposite? Stop using the *long* form... it means less 
>>> typing and you get the same effect (see your subject line)...
>>
>> A Modest Proposal:
>>
>> How about if we eliminate both and enforce just a single-character
>> typing convention for objects and numeric values only for object
>> identification? That way "field 3 of card 7" would come out to "f3c7"
>> for a minimum of typing.
...
> <tomato>
>   HEAVE. SPLAT!!
> </tomato>

That was pretty much my reaction to the suggest of eliminating the more 
efficient form of object tokens.

I write my own script editor so it's not hard for me to make my own 
replace routine on save.

But I fear for Mr. Waddingham when the citizens storm the Edinburgh 
offices with torches and pitchforks after discovering that the code 
style they've been using for years is no longer supported. ;)

I like Mark, I don't want to see any harm come to him.

I appreciate the relationship between the size of the token table and 
execution efficiency.  But does this one really affect speed?  It would 
seem more of a compilation issue than execution, since "button" and 
"btn" could both be tokenized to the same internal symbol.

Maybe this calls for a transition from runtime compilation to up-front 
compilation (at least as an option), which might open many other doors 
besides....

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