[SOLVED] Start using stack vs insert script into back?

[Zax]

Hello,

After reading the Dictionary, I can't see significant differences between:

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start using stack

and

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insert the script of stack "myStack" into back

Message libraryStack doesn't seem to be sent with the insert the script command. Is there other differences, and what is the best solution to use a stack's script as library?

Thank you.

[Klaus]

Hi Zax,

yes "librarystack" is only sent to a stack you "start using".
But in the end:

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start using stack xyz

and

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insert the script of stack "myStack" into back

do the same thing.


Best

Klaus

[jacque]

There are slight differences, but the two are mostly similar. Back in MetaCard days, scripts inserted into back got messages after the home stack while stacks in use (libraries) got messages just before it. That may have changed by now. The other difference, still true today, is that insertion is silent, but in-use stacks receive a "librarystack" message when they are put in use. You can do any initialization there if needed, and is how a library stack can respond when used as a CGI on a server.

Other than that they behave very much alike.

[Zax]

Thank you for your answers.
"librarystack" message can be very convenient indeed.