LC8 IDE publish-and-subscribe

[Ali Lloyd]

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On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 at 22:29, Ali Lloyd <ali.lloyd at livecode.com> wrote:

> Originally we had the check to prevent us making typos and such. As I have
> previously said, it is exactly designed to be extensible. Once 8.0 reaches
> GM, you can rely on that handler being a no-op.
>
> If you have any suggestions about improvements to the system it would be
> good to hear them. I think at the moment there is a slight lack of
> flexibility in terms of the info that can be returned along with the
> message.
>
> On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 at 18:04, Mark <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:
>
>> The new LC8 IDE implements the publish-and-subscribe pattern,
>> but it looks like it isn't designed to be extensible. It's extensible
>> right now because revIDEMessageIsValid() always returns true.
>>
>> Q: assuming that the validity check was an interim test to make sure
>> the IDE didn't fall on its face, can we rely on this mechanism as a way
>> to register callback events in the IDE, and thus extend and modify
>> the IDE?
>>
>> --
>>  Mark Wieder
>>  ahsoftware at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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