At 11:49 +1100 2001_12_05, Luke Wigley wrote:
>Jakob Hede Madsen wrote
>
>>  Oh, and by the way: Even "Scripts" are instances themselves, so
>>  beware, but that's another story.
>
>Yes, scripts can be characterised as instances - they have methods and data
>- but, at least from a pedagogical view, is there any value in
>characterising them as instances

If by "pedagogical view" you imply "introduction", then; No I guess not.
But later in the learning curve... as in now ... then; Yes.    ;-)

>(as compared to 'objects instantiated from
>scripts' and 'uninstantiated scripts'?).

By extension of my logic, you could argue that there is no such thing 
as an 'uninstantiated script'!
At least, as soon as you reference a script, it is through an 
instantiated reference.
But of course, I understand what you mean by the term 'uninstantiated 
script', and frankly this issue makes me feel that my vocabulary is 
woefully inadequate... at least for any 'pedagogical' purposes...  ;-)

>The reason I don't treat them as
>instances (and I am happy to be corrected) is because there is no way to
>store dynamic data in them (other than the implicit data provided by
>director)

See other mail.

Jakob

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