[Moose-dev] Re: Roassal2 - shape instance and elements

In my opinion, this shape is not really a shape but more a kind of shapeBuilder and it's strange that an element still know such kind of builder.

The roassal api is good on that point because to change the color of an element you should call "e color: aColor" and not "e shape color: aColor”.

However it can be disturbing because what Leo wrote seems correct. What is the reason to keep the RTShape in each RTElement?

2014-07-03 0:06 GMT+02:00 Leo Perard <leo.perard(a)gmail.com>om>: I understand that a shape is shared by elements but what I do not is why ? For example shape := RTBox new color: Color red. els := shape elementsOn: (1 to: 10). els do: [ :e | e on: TRMouseLeftClick do: [ :event | e shape color: Color random. e update. view signalUpdate ]. e on: TRMouseRightClick do: [ :event | e shape borderColor: Color random. e update. view signalUpdate ] ] In this example if I change an element with a left click its color will change so it is ok. But after, I change the border color wiht a right click, the border will be change AND the color too. But I did not want that, just the border. Do you see my point ? I do not understant why shape should be shared ? On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.bergel(a)me.com> wrote: Hi Leo, Sorry to reply so late. Your script does exactly what it is supposed to do. Maybe part of the shape semantic is not clear. Consider this part of the script: You click on an element e, which means you change the shape of the element. You update the element itself, it therefore changes its color. But with "els atRandom update” you also update another element. Since the shape is shared by all the elements, the behavior is indeed correct. A shape is shared with all the objects. What is not shared are Trachel shapes. You have the following relations: shape := RTBox new size: 10. e1 := shape elementOn: 'hello'. e2 := shape elementOn: 'world'. self assert: e1 shape == e2 shape. self assert: e1 shape ~~ e1 trachelShape. self assert: (e1 shape isKindOf: RTBox). self assert: (e1 trachelShape isKindOf: TRBoxShape). self assert: e1 trachelShape ~~ e2 trachelShape. Let me know if something is not clear. I have written this in the class comment of RTShape. Cheers, Alexandre -- _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:37 AM, Leo Perard <leo.perard(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Moose-dev mailing list Moose-dev(a)iam.unibe.ch https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev -- Cheers, Leo Perard University of Lille 1 _______________________________________________ Moose-dev mailing list Moose-dev(a)iam.unibe.ch https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev -- Guillaume Larcheveque _______________________________________________ Moose-dev mailing list Moose-dev(a)iam.unibe.ch https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev