Close enough I guess, but not the same. By using the goofiness below the
property can be accessed through the me instance of the script and through
the script. That would be like accessing a static through this and through
scope resolution. IMHO that doesn't make much sense, but whatever...
Patrick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakob Hede Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Re: Static Variables
>
>
> At 9:19 -0500 01_01_23, Patrick Griffiths wrote:
> >Sorry, no class variables in Director. Since Director
> doesn't have any
> >notion of encapsulation/data hidding (like C++ public,
> protected, private),
> >then static variable don't really make sense because they
> degenerate into
> >globals.
>
> Earlier I had written:
>
> >The class pretty much corresponds to the script.
> >You can access properties of the script as well as properties of
> >script instances, so properties of the script would correspond to
> >class variables.
> >
> >the script can be addressed from an instance (D8) like so:
> >me.script
> >So a class variable could be addressed like so:
> >me.script.pClassVar
>
> But apparently something in the transmission...
>
> Anyway, below some code to illustrate my point, that you can easily
> make something quite similar to class variables:
>
> ----<score script: staticTestBhv>----
> on beginSprite me
> put #init
> tList = []
> repeat with i = 1 to 4
> tList.add(script("staticClass").new())
> end repeat
> put #test
> call #mTest, tList
> end
> ----</score script: staticTestBhv>----
>
> ----<parent script: staticClass>----
> property pClass
> property pClassTest
> property pClassInstanceCount
>
> on new me
> pClass = me.script
> if pClass.pClassTest.voidP then pClass.pClassTest = #static
> pClass.pClassInstanceCount = pClass.pClassInstanceCount + 1
> put #count, pClass.pClassInstanceCount
> return me
> end
>
> on mTest me
> put #count, pClass.pClassInstanceCount, #test, pClass.pClassTest
> end
> ----</parent script: staticClass>----
>
> -- Welcome to Director --
> -- #init
> -- #count 1
> -- #count 2
> -- #count 3
> -- #count 4
> -- #test
> -- #count 4 #test #static
> -- #count 4 #test #static
> -- #count 4 #test #static
> -- #count 4 #test #static
>
> Jakob
>
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