At 17:16 -0400 04/15/2002, Cole Tierney wrote:
>The documentation on this property changed between Director 6 and
>Director 8 in both the help system and in the lingo dictionary.
>Specifically in the example usage.
>
>How do we know which is correct?
I'd say the docs for 8 are correct for 8+. What's happening with
earlier versions I can't say for sure. You'd have to try tests, I
suppose. The pP docs for Dir7 are weird too, not a rephrase of the
docs for 6.
I suspect the way the 8 docs have it is the way it works with 6 too;
that is, I believe the Dir6 docs are in error regarding pP. I say
again, in error regarding pP. I know this sounds rather incredible.
Here's my take on it based on the 7 and 8 docs:
pP 3 (default) -- Dump whenever you feel like it
pP 2 ("Next") -- Dump only after pP3 is gone
pP 1 ("Last") -- Try to keep this in memory if at all possible
pP 0 ("Never") -- Never dump
By default all cast members imported into Director have a
purgePriority of 3. Even in 6, if I recall properly. That would imply
that this is always the way it has worked and the docs were simply
miswritten for this command in early editions.
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