On 6/9/05 6:23 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Using "the long id of the target" will provide an absolute reference to
> the specific object, but I'm not sure why simply "the target" doesn't
> return the same value.  Hmmm....  makes "the target" rather less useful,
> unless there's a benefit to the truncated descriptor it returns that I'm
> just not seeing.

The truncated descriptor enables the simple structure "if the target is me"
in handlers for system messages and even application messages.

What are the relative timings of handlers in the message path vs. handlers
outside?

-- Dick


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