[I'm thinking that the fourth arg should be generalized to be a dictionary of class methods.]
The class initialize method is special. It is like the instance initialize method (which runs on each instance), but the class initialize method runs on each prototype. So when you create a class, the class gets a prototype that is an instance of its superclass (which will have the instance initialize of the superclass run on it) and then the class system calls (from least to most specific) the class initialize function of each superclass (and the class) passing in the prototype. Thus you can add computed values to the prototype that you don't want on every instance. LzNode uses this to create the prototype dictionaries of setters, etc. for each subclass. Does that meet your need? On 2006-06-14, at 20:00 EDT, Henry Minsky wrote: > There's a class initializer function you can declare. Example is in > LzNode.lzs, the LzNodeClassInitialize function is the > fourth arg to the Class function. > > On 6/14/06, Adam Wolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I have a class which needs its subclasses to do some static >> configuration >> at runtime. This is a bit of a pain, since you have to manually >> traverse >> the class hierarchy. >> >> Is there a hook for this in the legals class system? Does this >> seem like a >> worthwhile feature? Shall I propose a feature? >> >> A >> _______________________________________________ >> Laszlo-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev >> > > > > -- > Henry Minsky > Software Architect > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Laszlo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev _______________________________________________ Laszlo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.openlaszlo.org/mailman/listinfo/laszlo-dev
