To template or to lock?

[J. Landman Gay]

Malte Pfaff-Brill wrote:
> If you use the template*whatever* then or set properties,
> is a matter of taste if you go for a one object creation. If you need
> to create more than one object, then the template has the advantage
> of being able to producing a few lines less code under some
> circumstances.

That's my general rule. If I only need to create one object, I do it 
line by line in a script. If I need to create more than one with the 
same properites, I set the template object. It's pretty much the same 
rule I follow when deciding whether to break out handlers and functions.