newStandAlone vs new
Ned Konz
ned at bike-nomad.com
Sun Nov 17 17:15:37 UTC 2002
On Sunday 17 November 2002 05:20 am, Bergel Alexandre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When should I get a new morph by sending newStandAlone to its class
> ?
This is used primarily for obtaining prototypes for manual
manipulation (like from the browser's "hand me an instance").
As such, it tends to return a particular kind of instance intended for
human rather than program consumption.
I'd always use a "new" method if I was building on a Morph.
As an aside, there are now several ways to get new Morphs:
* newStandAlone (from browser menus)
* new (from code)
* from the Objects tool (which calls a registered method to make
instances)
* from a Flap (which duplicates a prototype)
and if you have Connectors loaded:
* from a NCMakerButton (which duplicates a prototype and sends it a
message)
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Ned Konz
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