selObj changed?

Paul Dupuis paul at researchware.com
Wed Apr 13 17:12:27 EDT 2016


On 4/13/2016 4:13 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> RECIPE:
> 1. Make a new stack
> 2. With the Browse tool active, in the Message Box run:
>
>   put the selObj
>
>
> In versions prior to v8 the selObj is empty, but in v8 it returns the
> name of the stack.
>
> Bug or feature?
>

If it is a "feature", the change MUST be clearly documented in the
Dictionary AND Release Notes for LC8 since it will likely break existing
code.

It could be useful to know what the "selected" stack is even if no
control is selected on the stack, but is that "feature" worth breaking
existing code. Probably not.




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