Is this sort of thing a bug?

[David Bovill]

2009/9/18 Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>

>
> Using "the long if" works with all objects, and in my experience this
> easiest-to-obtain form consistently provides reliable results.
>

There is a case, where the long id stops working which was intoduced since
3.5 and behaviors. Though I have not had time to track down the cause. I
have filed it here <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8014>
:

It totally baffles me but sometimes "the long id of the target" fails to
convert an object reference form the form "control id 1234 of stack XXX" -
I've set a breakpoint in a crucial handler so I can clearly see the script
and variables when it fails - but can;t reproduce it except to note it only
happens occasionally with this behavior type reference. Anyway...

What would be the ideal solution to make short and long IDs of stacks most
> consistent with the rest of the language?


I'd go for returning the short name of the stackas equivalent to a unique
"id" of an object - unless there is a use for the current id (number)
returned.