Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!oddjob!uwvax!umn-d-ub!rutgers!apple!dan
From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Message orders (was: "select" anomaly)
Message-ID: <17251@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Sep 88 18:04:41 GMT
References: <68272@sun.uucp> <8490@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: dan@apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8490@watdragon.waterloo.edu> gjditchfield@violet.waterloo.edu (Glen Ditchfield) writes:
>Now, if we can get a third person to complain ... maybe Dan Allen will
>think its a movement!

Dan Allen hears the complaints, agrees with what is said, and is
sympathetic to the cause.  However, Dan Allen does not have the say as
to changing the order of messages at this moment in time.  Bill Atkinson
does, and he needs to be convinced that such changes are appropriate and
will not unduly break existing stacks.  I hope that for the next major
release of HyperCard we can have a lot of messages straightened out,
such as:

	NewCard should come before OpenCard
	TabKey should come before CloseField
	CloseField should always be called on exit from a field
	etc.  (Add your favorites here -) )

In the meantime, know and understand the quirks and hope that we can get
them fixed for 2.0.

Dan Allen
Apple