Re: Re: [Webmacro-devel] ContextTool replacement and thread-safety

[Brian G. <br...@qu...>]

>I don't really get this.  The way it works now is simple:

Simpler than that, actually:

>when resolving a variable reference:
>
>- check if the variable is in the context
>- if yes, return the variable
>- if not, check if it is a tool.
>- if not, return undefined
>- if yes, check if it has been initialized
>- if no, initialize it
>- else return the tool

Actually, its "if its a tool, initialize it and put it in the 
context."  Then, subsequent passes through, it gets returned by step 1.

>Let's take things one step at a time.  First let's allow tools to be 
>dynamically deployed and discovered using the new super duper thread-safe 
>map.  I think everybody likes this idea.  Then we can hash out any 
>optimizations or simplifications on how they are accessed from the context.

You speak wisely.



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