Unpopularity of global variables - why?

[Scott Rossi]

Richard:

I understand the intention of your suggestion, but aside from using
setProp/getProp, what object properties *cannot* be set during locked
messages?  Has a reason ever been put forward from RunRev for why custom
props cannot be set/read while messages are locked?

It seems to me that the current behavior has only been a behavior for some
technical limitation in the engine, not because of a scripting need.  But
this is totally a perception on my part.  Otherwise, I'm all for *some*
(ANY) method for enabling custom prop setting/reading during locked
messages.

Best Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design




On 10/15/12 12:40 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

>Monte Goulding wrote:
>
> > On 16/10/2012, at 6:21 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> >
> >> If any script attempts to get or set a custom property while
> >> the lockMessages is true, any getProp or setProp messages won't
> >> be triggered.
> >>
> >> If such handlers are necessary for execution unexpected behaviors
> >> will occur, and given the nature of such scripts tracking down
> >> the cause of the errant behavior can be tricky and time-consuming.
> >
> >
> > Do you consider this a bug in lockMessages? Perhaps set and getProps
> > should be able to be marked in some way that they are required. I
> > guess changing the behavior of lockMessages could cause issues.
>
>Agreed.  But I like the idea of having a way to change that.
>
>Since the issue is specific to getProp and setProp, maybe there might be
>a way to declare those as "required", e.g.:
>
>required getProp MyProp
>
>This would keep such a change optional, and limit its scope to only
>those getProp and setProp handlers that are essential, since sometimes
>it may be useful to have them suppressed by lockMessages.
>
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