Re: [Gnue-dev] type (not class) in .gcd files

[Neil Tiffin]

At 2:08 AM +0200 5/10/02, Jens Müller wrote:
> Neil Tiffin <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >  types are expanded in a way that the type definition disappears and
> >  the data definitions are inserted directly into the object.  They were
> >  a shorthand for assuring consistent usage of groups of data
> >  definitions such that they would be consistent throughout the design
> >  (by only being defined once.) Therefore if the base design (type) was
> >  changed it would automatically be changed throughout.
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Ouch. When used in an automatic setup, this can be quite difficult to
> handle, because we have to find all classes/types which use this
> type.

Or when the definition of a type changes the new type is not used
until the main object is loaded or accessed (main object = the one
containing the type).

however, I am not sure I understand what you mean by automatic setup?

Neil
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