Script Only Stacks and Script Locals

[Mike Bonner]

Sannyasin, you might find this page of interest.
*http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/13158-what-are-the-alternatives-to-using-global-variables
<http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/13158-what-are-the-alternatives-to-using-global-variables>*


On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <
brahma at hindu.org> wrote:

> @ mark: "put functions that manipulate the array in the backscript as
> well…"
>
> yes… that's the direction I'm working in now.
>
> @ Jacque.. that function is very useful idea.
>
> "get set props" make my eyes roll
>
> I have yet to grok what they do and how they actually work…a Video on that
> subject would be awesome, appropriate use cases, "how it works" and "how
> to" and "when and why not to use them " etc.
>
> OTOH perhaps not using them is a better, I worry that key operations may
> be too "cloaked" somehow.. and make debugging harder
>
> BR
>
> On 7/15/16, 5:25 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Mark Wieder" <
> use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of mwieder at ahsoftware.net>
> wrote:
>
>     On 07/15/2016 08:20 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>
>     >function getSMediaItemData
>     >    return sMediaItemData
>     >end getSMediaItemData
>
>     gmta
>
>     On the other hand, Brahmanathaswami, if you're going to store the data
>     in a backscript, why not put the functions that manipulate the array in
>     the backscript as well?
>
>
>
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