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Re: Object Field Name Conflicts [message #87340 is a reply to message #87338]

Sat, 25 January 2014 19:29

Michael Galloy
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On 1/25/14, 7:52 PM, David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> In building an object program recently I have a core object that
> inherits IDL_CONTAINER, IDLitCOMPONENT, and IDL_OBJECT objects. I don't
> know the field or tag names of *any* of these objects, which makes
> choosing names for my own object a bit of an adventure.
>
> I've already run into conflict with _parent, _name, and _uvalue. Of
> course, this is not surprising. Great minds think alike and all that.
> But, I wonder if there is a listing of the tag names these objects use?
>
> It would be wonderful if the name space of objects could be protected,
> but failing that, it would be great if we knew what names we can't use.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>

IDL> help, { idl_object }
** Structure IDL_OBJECT, 3 tags, length=24, data length=20:
IDL_OBJECT_TOP LONG64 0
__OBJ__ OBJREF <NullObject>
IDL_OBJECT_BOTTOM
LONG64 0
IDL> help, { idl_container }
** Structure IDL_CONTAINER, 6 tags, length=32, data length=30:
IDL_CONTAINER_TOP
LONG64 0
IDLCONTAINERVERSION
INT 0
PHEAD POINTER <NullPointer>
PTAIL POINTER <NullPointer>
NLIST LONG 0
IDL_CONTAINER_BOTTOM
LONG64 0
IDL> help, { idlitcomponent }
** Structure IDLITCOMPONENT, 14 tags, length=128, data length=122:
IDLITCOMPONENT_TOP
LONG64 0
IDLITCOMPONENTVERSION
INT 0
DESCRIPTION STRING ''
NAME STRING ''
ICON STRING ''
IDENTIFIER STRING ''
HELP STRING ''
TOOL OBJREF <NullObject>
UVALUE POINTER <NullPointer>
_PARENT OBJREF <NullObject>
_PROXY OBJREF <NullObject>
PROPERTYDESCRIPTORS
OBJREF <NullObject>
_FLAGS LONG 0
IDLITCOMPONENT_BOTTOM
LONG64 0

Mike
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		Object Field Name Conflicts By: David Fanning on Sat, 25 January 2014 18:52
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: David Fanning on Sat, 25 January 2014 19:06
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: Michael Galloy on Sat, 25 January 2014 19:29
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: David Fanning on Sat, 25 January 2014 21:28
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: Michael Galloy on Sun, 26 January 2014 07:33
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: David Fanning on Sun, 26 January 2014 07:41
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: Lajos Foldy on Sun, 26 January 2014 08:07
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: David Fanning on Sun, 26 January 2014 08:09
		Re: Object Field Name Conflicts By: Phillip Bitzer on Sun, 26 January 2014 13:28

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