Understanding 'the defaultStack'

[J. Landman Gay]

On 10/8/16 10:37 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:50 PM, Mark Wieder <ahsoftware at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> FWIW I think Jacque's explanation is the better of the two.
>> I think maybe LiveCode should ship <a copy of> her with every new build of
>> the dictionary.
>>
>
>
> on revBuildDictionary
>
> clone Jacque
>
> set the mainStack of it to stack revDictionary
>
> end revBuildDictionary
>
> :)
>

Well, I'm flattered guys, but unfortunately every time I clone myself 
the variants lose track of each other and efficiency fragments. Git 
might be better. ;)

But I'm not the right choice anyway because I don't know some of this 
myself -- I have seen cases where the defaultstack doesn't follow the 
rule, or uses some criteria I don't understand, where "go" doesn't set 
the defaultstack automatically. I haven't yet pinned down a recipe. 
Usually I just set it by script and move on.

I think that was the case with Graham's stack too. Some quirky rule is 
interfering, or else it's a bug. If so, it's been there a long time.

It would be great if someone could look at the source code and give us a 
list of how the engine determines the defaultstack. Then I could write 
it down, wait until everyone else forgets about it, and then post it 
like I know everything...

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