Rules governing stack purging

[Jerry Daniels]

I certainly wouldn't cry if that happened, although now i use the  
same device to put a stack into memory. I admit it is a "back handed"  
way to do things, tho.

Best,

Jerry Daniels

Makers of Galaxy 1.5
http://www.daniels-mara.com/new_in_galaxy_1_5.htm



On Oct 31, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Jerry Daniels wrote:
>> Any reference to any object in a stack (or the stack itself) that   
>> includes its file path name (the long name, the long id) will  
>> place  it in memory. You might consider that. We had that bite us  
>> several  times with Constellation and Galaxy in managing our tabs  
>> for objects.
>
> That this would be the case with stacks whose destroyStack property  
> is FALSE makes sense, but when a stack's destroyStack is TRUE this  
> is inconsistent with other behaviors we've come to expect from the  
> engine.
>
> Given that this has caused confusion for yourself, Jacque, Ken,  
> myself, and other experienced Rev programmers, it seems reasonable  
> to request that the destroyStack property be honored consistently,  
> which I've done in BZ#3937:
>
> <http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=3937>
>
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