Modularising Code

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Thu May 8 15:10:44 EDT 2014


I'd also recommend Richard Gaskin's excellent article on the subject which
can be found at
http://www.fourthworld.com/embassy/articles/revolution_message_path.html

Pete
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On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>wrote:

> Terry,
> Definitely use substacks to modularize your code, BUT, I would suggest you
> do just a wee bit of reading on the message path, because it's important
> for everyone, and all of the questions you asked are discussed there:
> 1) In the LC toolbar at the top, the second-to right button is "Resources".
>  Click it
> 2) The second link down is the "User Guide".  Click it
> 3) Inside there search for "message path".  There is a whole discussion of
> what it is and how to use it.
> 4) SEND and PASS and START USING STACK are your friends.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Terence Heaford
> <t.heaford at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
> >
> > My understanding is if you create a library of a stack it’s stack script
> > is placed between the main stack that has called start using and
> LiveCode’s
> > engine.
> >
> > Is that correct?
> >
> > If yes then I presume if you start using a substack then the substack
> > script is placed between the main stack that has called start using and
> > LiveCode’s engine
> >
> > Is that correct?
> >
> > If you only have handlers in the stack script of the substack then any
> > messages will only call them after passing through the mainstacks script.
> >
> > Is that correct?
> >
> > If you actually use the substack as more than a repository for scripts
> > then any control will pass the message through the substacks script to
> > mainstack and onto the substack again.
> >
> > Is that correct or once you start using the substack is it removed from
> > the normal message passing and any control only passes to the substack
> > script and onto the engine?
> >
> > I hope the above is understandable.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Terry
> >
> >
> > On 8 May 2014, at 14:37, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Remember that the main stack is in the message path of the substack.
> >  So, you will have the main stack twice in the message path for cards and
> > controls.  This is probably fine.  But, something like a keystroke
> counter
> > in the main stack might count them twice.
> >
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