it and explicitVar?

[Peter Haworth]

Actually, the dictionary entry for copy says:

"If a destination card, group, or stack is specified, the *copy*
command<http://glossary/c/99.xml>places the
ID <http://dictionary/property/2074.xml>
property<http://glossary/p/391.xml>of the newly created
object <http://glossary/o/329.xml> in the
it<http://dictionary/keyword/1456.xml>
variable <http://glossary/v/522.xml>, and the appropriate
message<http://dictionary/keyword/1473.xml>is sent."

Not saying it actually happens, just that the dictionary claims it should.
 Looks like the workaround is have a newxxx handler to check for it.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> This is a known inconsistency.  Most other commands that create objects
> put the long ID of the newly-created object into "it", but not copy or
> clone.
>
> I think there's a bug report about that somewhere in the DB...
>