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Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun [message #47119 is a reply to message #47067]

Tue, 24 January 2006 08:58

Paul Van Delst[1]
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David Fanning wrote:
> Paul Van Delst writes:
>
>
>> I wonder why RSI decided to implement pointers this way? Or, to rephrase, why they called
>> the implementation they chose a pointer?
>
>
> Originally they were called "handles", but that annoyed
> pretty much everyone. :-)

Ah, yes. Good old handles. How did we widget-program without them? I guess I shouldn't be
too hard on the IDL naming conventions. Coming up with a descriptive, abstract name for
something can be difficult.

paulv

>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> P.S. And before *that* they were called user values of
> unrealized top-level base widgets. But that's really going
> too far back in history, probably. :-)
>

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		compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: L. Testut on Sun, 22 January 2006 04:26
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 14:15
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Foldy Lajos on Tue, 24 January 2006 13:30
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 13:13
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 13:05
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 12:55
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:58
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:26
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:13
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:09
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: peter.albert@gmx.de on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:01
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 06:42
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Maarten[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 02:04
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: peter.albert@gmx.de on Tue, 24 January 2006 00:09
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 20:03
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 23 January 2006 16:14
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 15:16
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 10:38
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 23 January 2006 10:25
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 10:04

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