{
DynamOrAnon:
properties directly defined by object me
bulkCapacity :
TypeInt = 5
issueCommandsSynchronously
: TypeTrue = true
location :
TypeObject = livingRoom
nextHoldingIndex
: TypeInt = 5
contents :
TypeList = [duffel, keyring, trophy,
whiteBox]
pendingCommand :
TypeObject = Vector []
antecedentTable
: TypeObject = LookupTable []
memoryTable :
TypeObject = LookupTable [[television,
true], [poBox, true], [staticBowl, true], [smallRedBall,
true], [redBook, true], [ironKey, true], [clearJar,
true], [greenJar, true], [tads#5d5 (CopperCoin), true], [tads#5d6 (CopperCoin), true], [blueBook, true], [brassKey,
true], [box, true], [tricycle, true], [rustyKey,
true], [greenBall, true], [eightball, true], [bigRedBall,
true], [tads#5d7 (SilverCoin), true], [tads#5dc (GoldCoin), true], [tads#5db (GoldCoin), true], [tads#5dd (GoldCoin), true], [tads#5de (GoldCoin),
true], [tads#5da (GoldCoin), true], [tads#5d9 (SilverCoin), true], [tads#5d8 (SilverCoin), true], [morphicBowl, true], [bill,
true], [bob, true], [livingRoom, true], [trophy,
true], [vase, true], [tads#615 (Candle), true], [tads#617 (StretchyContainer), true], [tads#618 (Container), true], [tads#619 (Thing), true], [tads#616 (Odor), true], [diningRoom, true], [duffel,
true], [keyring, true], [whiteBox, true], [beeperNoise,
true]]
objRefTag :
TypeSString = 'tads#588'
tmpAmbient_ :
TypeInt = 0
tmpAmbientWithin_
: TypeInt = 0
tmpAmbientFill_
: TypeNil = nil
tmpTrans_ :
TypeEnum = transparent
tmpTransWithin_
: TypeEnum = transparent
tmpObstructor_ :
TypeNil = nil
tmpObstructorWithin_
: TypeNil = nil
tmpFillMedium_ :
TypeNil = nil
scheduleOrder :
TypeInt = 100
locationBefore :
TypeObject = livingRoom
locationLitBefore
: TypeTrue = true
followingActor :
TypeNil = nil
moved : TypeTrue
= true
lastTravelDest :
TypeObject = livingRoom
lastTravelBack :
TypeObject = diningRoom
mostRecentAction
: TypeObject = tads#6ff (predicate(ListChildObj))
nextRunTime :
TypeInt = 4
}
Elements in blue represent
hyperlinks that perform various functions.
The first part of the display
consists of an object header, composed of three parts:
The next part of the display
consists of a section that further attempts to classify the object, based
largely on information obtained from the global symbol table:
The next section of the display is a set of hyperlinks that produce unordered lists detailing various aspects of the object’s lineage:
One of the most interesting set of hyperlinks consist of the trees of Ancestors, Descendants, Containment, and Modifications. These produce a tree structure of the corresponding relationship of this object to others.
The directly defined property
list has the format:
propertyName: Type <= assignedValue>
The elements of the format are
defined below:
So, from our example above me
directly defines the property location, which is currently of TypeObject and is assigned the value entryway. The property pendingCommand is currently of TypeObject, and is assigned the value Vector. This is a dynamically-created instance of the class Vector,
and we can see from the display that it is empty ([]).
The empty braces after Vector is a special
aspect of the display mechanism, and not part of the vector object’s name. For
any Collection class object displayStructure()
will display it’s elements.
The message displayStateDelta(otherObj, sup, [bypass]) is similarly used to display the state delta
between two objects. The display looks something like the following:
========== START TADS 3
DIAGNOSTIC ==========
State Delta: tads#668
(Person), me
tads#668 (Person).nextHoldingIndex
: TypeInt = 3
me.nextHoldingIndex :
TypeInt = 39
tads#668 (Person).contents
: TypeList = [duffel, keyring]
me.contents : TypeList
= [duffel, tads#5de
(GoldCoin), tads#5d7 (SilverCoin),
tads#5d9 (SilverCoin), tads#5d8 (SilverCoin)]
tads#668 (Person).nextRunTime
: TypeInt = 0
me.nextRunTime :
TypeInt = 1
tads#668 (Person).mostRecentAction
: TypeNil = nil
me.mostRecentAction :
TypeObject = tads#64b (predicate(Take))
========== END TADS 3
DIAGNOSTIC ============
The display simply pairs the
attributes that are different between the two objects and displays them in a
format similar to that of displayStructure().
This file is part of the TADS 3
Proteus Library Extension
Copyright ©
2001-2004 Kevin Forchione.