destroyStack, was: Stack Switching Question

[simplsol at aol.com]

Ken,
  Yes, yes, yes. I especially like your subtle change of "purge" to 
"unload" - more logical and consistent.
How do you feel about requiring "load" rather than loading by reference?
 Paul Looney

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Ken Ray <kray at sonsothunder.com>
 To: Use Revolution List <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
 Sent: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:57:47 -0500
 Subject: Re: destroyStack, was: Stack Switching Question

 On 10/6/05 3:23 AM, "simplsol at aol.com" <simplsol at aol.com> wrote:

 > Jeanne,
 > It got 5 of my votes as well.
 > But I think there is more confusion here.

 Paul, I think the open/close and load/purge ideas are great, with a few
  minor changes (plus I've included other terms in use to get an 
overview of
 the situation):

 load stack <stackDescriptor>
  Loads stack into memory, does not display it, does not get listed in 
the
 'openstacks'. [Resulting status: loaded]

 unload stack <stackDescriptor>
 Removes stack from memory (Note: does not work on 'open' stacks.)
 [Resulting status: closed]

 open stack <stackDescriptor>
  Loads stack into memory, makes it visible, locks stack from other 
users,
 adds entry to 'openStacks'. [Resulting status: open]

 open inv[isible] stack <stackDescriptor>
 Loads stack into memory, keeps it hidden, locks stack from other users,
 adds entry to 'openStacks'. [Resulting status: open]

 close stack <stackDescriptor>
  Releases lock on stack, removes the stack image from the screen, 
unloads
  the stack from memory, removes the entry from the 'openStacks'. 
[Resulting
 status: closed]

 close stack <stackDescriptor> and remain resident
  Releases lock on stack, removes the stack image from the screen, 
removes
  the entry from the 'openStacks', but keeps the stack in memory. 
[Resulting
 status: loaded]

 hide stack <stackDescriptor>
 Hides the stack image from the screen. (Note: does not work on closed
 stacks.) [Resulting status: open]

 show stack <stackDescriptor>
 Shows the stack image. (Note: does not work on closed stacks.)
 [Resulting status: open]


 That's my 2 cents...

 Ken Ray
 Sons of Thunder Software
 Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
 Email: kray at sonsothunder.com

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