Re: Can a Swarm instance be treated like a SwarmObject instance?

[Ken Cline]

On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, William S. Shu wrote:

> I have to tinker with code, rather than just copy it.

To make you code more copy-able, replace `MyObject * obj'
definition with `id obj' but then you probably won't be
able to use the arrow operator.

> Also, most warning messages received so far have had
> genuine cause.

That's been my experience too.

> Could you please indicate where I could read more about
> these PHASE and USING mechanisms?  I saw them somewhere,
> but have never really been able to trace them again.

The object phase concepts are discussed generally in the
defobj library documentation and the "Library Interface
Conventions" appendix; the GridTurtle example illustrates
the intended usage.  A more detailed explanation of how to
use the phase mechanisms probably belongs in the "Advanced
Usage Guide" which is (quite understandably) incomplete.

I take the pragmatic ("When in Rome...") approach to using
the object phase conventions. =;-)

Ken.

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