AltIDs

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sun Jan 8 18:45:30 EST 2012


Mike Bonner wrote:

> Hmm. the ID is a 2 billion limit, is altid different? Seems to be a
> smallint. (unsigned, 2^16 -1)

Yes, I believe you're right.  All the more reason to not bother with IDs
or altIDs and look at the core problem being solved with them to find a
more effective means.

The separation of the name and label properties in LiveCode is often
overlooked by those with a HyperCard background, frequently
underappreciated by those who at least know of it, but is a wonderful
key to creating settable object references which not only have a nearly
infinite range but also a mnemonic value that's completely impossible
with purely numeric IDs.

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