Copy to Group problems - solved!

[Keith Clarke]

That's an interesting distinction, especially as it's often the case that both are true when creating new objects - the last (most recent) becomes the last (highest numbered). 

The fallacy of the first rule is only proven when a new object is created and forced down the 'recency' scale - by placing it in an older (and hence lower numbered) group.

Just out of interest, can the language recognise 'most recent' in any way - i.e. do objects get a time/date stamp behind the scenes (as standard) as well as a number?
Best,
Keith..
 
On 17 Jan 2012, at 00:25, Bob Sneidar wrote:

> OIC not the "last object that was created" but the "last object in the numbered list of objects"! I think you may be right about that! 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 1:28 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> 
>> On 1/16/12 2:17 PM, user wrote:
>>> First of all, thanks to all of you who offered advice on this
>>> problem, with special thanks to Craig Newman for definitively
>>> pointing out that "The "last" keyword is not stable when referring to
>>> groups." - apparently a LC bug
>> 
>> I'm not sure it's really a bug. I think the "last" keyword refers to the highest-numbered object. If you put an object into a group, it won't be the highest number unless the enclosing group is also the highest numbered object.
>> 
>> I don't have authoritative info about that, but that's how it's behaving.
>> 
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