That's a point I had missed.
Still, I was trying to keep it simple, 'cause I've been there...
-Clars
Irv Kalb wrote:
> Good explanation, but I'll add one comment. Only one copy of the
> script lives in memory. When you use multiple "instances" of a
> behavior (e.g., use the same behavior on more than one sprites),
> Director allocates memory for a copy of the property variables in the
> script. "me" is actually the address of the property variables for
> the current instance. Because of this, using behaviors (or parent
> scripts) can be very memory efficient. When the code of the behavior
> runs, it needs to know where its current property variables are - and
> the value of "me" tells it where to find them.
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