Re: What is in initSwarm()? Was going to ask, but now propose an answer for FAQ or DOCS

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "PJ" == Paul Johnson <address@hidden> writes:

PJ>    probeDisplayManager (??)

When ProbeDisplays are created, they are registered here so that the
the ObserverSwarm can request them all to be updated at once.

PJ> 5. initModule.  This one is the most mysterious. In the
PJ> defobj/Program.m file, it gets re-routed to _obj_initModule, and I
PJ> can't see what it does, or if there are any global objects
PJ> created.

This is a convention for initializaing the phase splitting / multiple
inheritance machinery that defobj, collections, and activity use.  I
once considered documenting it, but decided the world would be a The
initialization conventions support the feature where you take a class
that is marked up with CREATING/SETTING/USING tags, and then at
runtime synthesize new Objective C classes that implement each set of
behaviors.  If you really want to investigate, look at tests/activity
for an example of subclassing using these conventions.


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