might have figured it out, could I get a verification on this

[Alex Rice]

On Feb 18, 2004, at 10:15 PM, Christopher Mitchell wrote:

> That if-then idiom looks like exactly what I was looking for.  It 
> should essentially cut off inheritance.

Another way to cut off inheritance is with "front scripts". Using a 
front script you can intercept messages before any other control or 
library can receive them.

>  I'll give it a shot tomorrow,  but I think I'm done for the evening.  
> Thanks very much.

Glad to help. I think it's kind of a tricky one, but very useful. The 
preOpenStack message is a _card_ message not a stack message. That's 
why it checks "the owner of the target is me".

>> on preOpenStack
>>   if the owner of the target is me then
>>     -- handle mainstack message
>>   else
>>     -- handle substack message
>>   end if
>> end preOpenStack

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