on doSomething doThis call "doThat" of button "A" send "doOther" to button "B" end doSomething
If I use "call" or "send" to describe what doSomething does with doThis, how do I describe what it does with doThat and doOther? Would "of" and "to" in such a description imply what I want?
I think this goes back to the dual nature of doThis: you can think of it either as a custom command (implemented by the custom handler "doThis"), in which case doSomething is executing "doThis", or using the doThis command... or you can think of it as a custom message (handled by the "doThis" handler), in which case doSomething is sending a doThis message. Either way is a legitimate way to think of what's going on, but the emphasis and terminology are very different.
One offshoot of this difference is that "call" takes the first attitude - you're calling a routine - while "send" takes the second - you're sending a message to an object.
I think the best terminology to use will depend on the context. -- jeanne a. e. devoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jaedworks.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
