Object fields vs slots

2007-12-20 Thread Phil Longstaff
What is the rationale uses to decide whether to make an object attribute a field in a structure vs a slot? An Account has the hidden, tax-related and placeholder attributes which are slots rather than fields in the Account structure. What is the reason for that decision? I know slots are

Re: Object fields vs slots

2007-12-20 Thread Josh Sled
Phil Longstaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the rationale uses to decide whether to make an object attribute a field in a structure vs a slot? An Account has the hidden, tax-related and placeholder attributes which are slots rather than fields in the Account structure. What is the

Re: Object fields vs slots

2007-12-20 Thread Derek Atkins
Josh Sled [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Phil Longstaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the rationale uses to decide whether to make an object attribute a field in a structure vs a slot? An Account has the hidden, tax-related and placeholder attributes which are slots rather than fields in