On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Mark Miesfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Rick McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The more I looked at it, the more I realized that all of that logic >> was just a mechanism to get around the fact that the old ::REQUIRES >> mechanism was reloading the referenced source file in each program >> that had a ::REQUIRES for the named file. The OODIALOG classes used >> another hack to force the OODIALOG *.cls files from getting loaded >> more than once, but that hack also required that all of the classes >> and routines be essentially made global. > > Yes, it definitely was logic to get around loading a required file > over and over. I did similar things in code I wrote some years ago. > >> I scrapped that entire mechanism and replaced it with the new >> PackageManager, which allows all programs in the interpreter to share >> a single instance of a referenced ::requires file. As long as all of >> the programs indicate they required the file, they'll pick up access >> to the included classes and routines. > > The PackageManager only reading and parsing a required file one time, > will eliminate most of my reasons for not wanting to have a requires > statement in every program file that is run in the same process space. > > Will this eliminate classes not comparing as equal when they are from > different program files where both program files required the same > class definition file? (Not sure if that articulates what I mean, > hopefully you'll understand.)
Yes, I understand what you mean, and the answer is yes. The same thing will be true about IsA method calls. Rick > > -- > Mark Miesfeld > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
