On 5 June 2013 00:02, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 01:20:36PM +0100, Frank Shearar wrote:
>> On 4 June 2013 13:06, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 12:09:59PM +0100, Frank Shearar wrote:
>> >> On 4 June 2013 12:05, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > MVC is supposed to be completely unloadable/reloadable. What is the other
>> >> > reference to ST80 in the base image?
>> >>
>> >> Tools has extensions to ParagraphEditor, ScreenController and StringHolderView.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I don't see the dependencies ... what am I missing?
>>
>> The *Tools method categories cause a dependency from Tools -> ST80
>> because Tools requires those classes to exist.
>>
>> You can track the dependencies through the DependencyBrowser in the
>> Apps menu off TheWorldMainDockingBar.
>
> I don't think I trust what the DependencyBrowser is telling us here. The
> methods causing dependencies seem to be either methods that have matching
> implementations in both Morphic and MVC, or methods that are referenced
> from MVC menu picks. I don't think the dependencies are real.

I disagree. Tools is extending classes in ST80. Were you to unload
ST80, you would rip out part of Tools.

Or put it another way: take an image, unload ST80 and Tools, and then
load Tools. I predict that loading Tools would fail, because it would
say "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that. I don't know about the
classes ParagraphEditor, ScreenController and StringHolderView."

frank

> So... I think that MVC remains safely unloadable and reloadable. The next
> challenge is to get to the point where we can say the same about Morphic :)
>
> Dave
>
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