Mainstack Substack clarification

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Mon Dec 31 15:01:52 EST 2007


On Dec 31, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Mark Swindell wrote:

> I'm just clarifying for myself what happens to a stack when its   
> Main Stack property is changed.
>
> Scenario:
> Main stack "YellowStack" is opened and saved.
> Main stack "BlueStack" is opened and saved.
>
> Now, in BlueStack's stack inspector I change its MainStack property  
> to "YellowStack."  BlueStack is "subsumed" as a substack of   
> YellowStack, while its original incarnation, BlueStack, remains on  
> disk as a main stack, in its last saved state?
>
> Is this accurate?

That's right; the stackfile "blueStack.rev" remains unchanged, and  
the latest version of stack "BlueStack" becomes part of the stackfile  
"YellowStack.rev".

Devin




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