Substack vs. Library Stack

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Bill,
There's nothing wrong with what you're doing but you can get the same
functionality by putting your "library " handlers in your mainstack script,
no need to start using it then.

Pete
lcSQL Software
On Apr 29, 2015 3:30 PM, "William Prothero" <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:

> Peter:
> Ok, if that makes it a library stack, then I’m using it as a library
> stack. BUT, it’s also a substack. So I guess in this instance, they are the
> same thing, functionally at least. One of the nice differences is I don’t
> have to provide a file path to the start using command. Don’t know if
> libraries require this, because I haven’t really tried to use “Libraries”
> per se.
> Best,
> Bill
>
> > On Apr 29, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe I'm confused over what you're doing but "start using" is how you
> make
> > a stack available as a library so you're already using a library, not a
> > substack.
> >
> > Pete
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> >
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:37 PM, William Prothero <
> prothero at earthednet.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Scott:
> >> I use substacks as code libraries in a large project. The substack
> >> handlers are callable (without specifying the substack name) from any
> other
> >> substack and also from the main stack. It is like having a giant stack
> >> script. Of course, you have to “Start using mySubstack” to make the code
> >> available. You can also remove the substack and use it elsewhere and
> attach
> >> it to another main stack by setting its mainStack property. e.g. set the
> >> mainStack of this stack to “myMainStack”.
> >>
> >> I find it very convenient. But, as I get more familiar with Livecode,
> I’ll
> >> like the libraries approach.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Apr 29, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Phil Davis <revdev at pdslabs.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Another thing about libraries: they can have substacks if needed. Of
> >> course, substacks can't.
> >>>
> >>> Phil Davis
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 4/29/15 10:36 AM, Scott Rossi wrote:
> >>>> I imagine you'll get a lot of responses to this, but one reason to
> use a
> >>>> library is its code is available to all open stacks in LC: functions,
> >>>> commands, etc.  Sort of like having a backscript for all open stacks,
> >>>> instead of just one.  A substack doesn't do this.
> >>>>
> >>>> Another frame of reference that might help is the difference between
> >>>> behaviors and libraries: code in behaviors is object-specific,
> available
> >>>> only to those objects that have the behavior assigned to them, while
> >> code
> >>>> in libraries is universal, available to all objects anywhere, and
> >> doesn't
> >>>> require any assignment.
> >>>>
> >>>> Other people will probably chime in with additional insights.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Scott Rossi
> >>>> Creative Director
> >>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 4/29/15, 9:56 AM, "Mike Kerner" <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have not read a straight answer on this, yet.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Library stacks vs. substacks why use one vs. the other?  I don't see
> >> any
> >>>>> clear advantage to Libraries, per se, even for...libraries.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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> >>>>> On the second day, God created the oceans.
> >>>>> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
> >>>>>  and did a little diving.
> >>>>> And God said, "This is good."
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