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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's what I came up with.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DynamicBindings>>snapshot<BR> "returns
an identity dictionary with a flattened view of me to be saved for
later"<BR> |dictionary tmp|<BR> dictionary _ IdentityDictionary
new.<BR> tmp _ self.<BR> [tmp isNil not] whileTrue: [tmp
keysAndValuesDo: [:k :v |<BR> dictionary at: k ifAbsentPut: v]. tmp
_ tmp parent].<BR> ^ dictionary</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Derek Brans<BR>Nerd on a Wire<BR>Web design that's anything but
square<BR><A href="http://www.nerdonawire.com">http://www.nerdonawire.com</A>
<BR>phone: 604.874.6463<BR>mailto: <A
href="mailto:brans@nerdonawire.com">brans@nerdonawire.com</A><BR></DIV>
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<A title=brans@nerdonawire.com href="mailto:brans@nerdonawire.com">Derek
Brans</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 25, 2003 11:32
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> DynamicBindings - how to get a
snapshot</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Stephen,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know if this is poor programming
practice, but I want to take a snapshot of the bindings in one context and
store them as an instance variable, to be used in another
context. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doing that I can answer questions like:
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who was my parent component at rendering
time? Which component was named "containerA" at rendering
time?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could you tell me if this is a misuse of
DynamicBindings and if not, how to take a snapshot?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Derek</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Derek Brans<BR>Nerd on a Wire<BR>Web design
that's anything but square<BR><A
href="http://www.nerdonawire.com">http://www.nerdonawire.com</A> <BR>phone:
604.874.6463<BR>mailto: <A
href="mailto:brans@nerdonawire.com">brans@nerdonawire.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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