Re: handle graphics

[John W. Eaton]

On 12-Jul-2005, Shai Ayal wrote:

| I kind of liked the idea of no distinction between objects and
| properties, but never mind.

If we put all the properties for a given object together in a
structure array, then listing all the possible property names for a
given object is trivial:

  fieldnames (object.properties)

so I think there is some advantage.

| As you can see from the other responses to your email, at least 3
| projects are actively pursuing this goal. All 3 have implemented this
| tree structure, each in a different way. If indeed emulating matlab
| handle graphics will become an "official" goal of octave, this could
| be manifested by have an "official" object/property tree in octave as
| you propose.

Yes, think it would be bad to have N separate implementations of this.

jwe