Dumb Newbie Questions -- 1 of N

[J. Landman Gay]

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> The ONLY problem is that something named 'property' is something that 
> can be
> contained rather than be a property: so, either, somebody has to cook up 
> a new
> name for 'custom properties' (err . . . 'custom thingy' . . . err . . . 
> come on, somebody
> can do better than that), or, somebody has to write a fairly long bit 
> about how
> users have to do mental backflips.

I don't think the shoe has dropped for you yet. *All* properties contain 
something, and all are assigned to a specific object (the assignment is 
what you are calling "contained by", which probably isn't exactly the 
right concept.) Every native property has both a name and a value, and 
is attached to an object. Custom properties are no different. The native 
property called "name" contains a string like "myName" and is assigned 
to the object that has that name. The property "textColor" contains an 
RGB value and is assigned to a button or field you are asking about. The 
property "location" contains a set of 2 numbers and is assigned to the 
object at that location. The property "myCustomProp" contains whatever 
value you want to give it and is assigned to any object you choose.

There is no practical difference, and all are properties. The only thing 
that is effectively different is that you can invent your own property 
names, assign them to an object of your choice, and fill them with any 
value you want to store.

It really is simpler than you're trying to make it. :)

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