Object naming

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Mon Jul 27 11:33:12 EDT 2020


There are many ways to refer to things.  The simplest is to use 
unambiguous names for things that matter.

-- 
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems


Alex Tweedly wrote:

> I think my head is melting :-)
> 
> I have a group called 'A'.
> 
> Inside A, there is a rect called "R" and also a group called "B"
> 
> inside B there is a rect called "R"
> 
> How do I refer unambiguously to the first rectangle (i.e. A - R, not A - 
> B - R) ?
> 
> If I say
>     grc "R" of grp "B" of grp A
> then I unambiguously get A-B-R; but if I say simply
>     grc "R" of grp "A"
> then I *also* get A-B-R.
> 
> There must be a way to do this (and maybe if it wasn't nearly 2 in the 
> morning I would be able to figure it out).
> 
> Help! Please !
> 
> Alex.




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