Why "Objects are only deleted on idle"?

[Scott Rossi]

I have a property editor that builds/positions its editing controls
dynamically, based on some simple rules.  When a new object is selected,
the editing controls for the recent object are removed and replaced with
editing controls for the newly selected object.  Using this process, I
don't have to lay out hardwired screens for every existing or future
control that might come along.  Depending on how long the editing session
is, the editor could go wind up creating and deleting hundreds or even
thousands of controls.  So in this case, many objects are created that are
not intended to be saved.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 9/23/15, 10:27 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Richard Gaskin"
<use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

>The "how" was pretty clear from the Release Notes.  I just couldn't
>figure out the "why".  How often to people create objects they don't want?
>
>For ID preservation I tend to do what the DG does, hiding rather than
>disposing of controls I'm likely to need again.