Re: Re(3): Clarification for ObjectReference

Andreas Kraft (kraft@fokus.gmd.de)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:24:38 +0100 (MET)

Guido and colleagues,

On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Grassel Guido NRC/Hki wrote:
> Andreas commented:
> ::>Why? I would guess you can have a shared link which access a variable in
> ::>a Scene object. You just have to write the fully qualified ObjRef of the
> ::>variable. Of course, it might be that the according scene isn't loaded
> ::>so an elementary action which addresses this variable doesn't fire
> (because
> ::>there is no valid target).
>
> What you are saying, Andreas, contradicts with chapter 51. There is no type
> of reference defined there that would allow to reference an Ingredient of a
> Scene from anywhere else but that particular Scene itself.

Agreed, you are right. My opinion was just a fast guess without looking at
chapter 51 :(
But, don't you think that we probably need a clarification or re-wording here?
I must be clear, that the posibilities listes in chapter 51 are the only ones
allowed for Application and Scene objects.

What do you think?

Andreas

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