Re: handling properties of multiple objects

["Sameer Sahasrabuddhe" <sameerds gmail com>]

On 12/3/08, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe <sameerds gmail com> wrote:
>
> Now here's a new way to track object copies, that tackles both these
> issues: instead of keeping a copy of the object in the dialog, we
> extend the property description itself, to carry a copy of the object
> from which it was derived. As a result, no matter how many objects are
> involved, only one object is used for updating the widget for each
> property.

Errr ... saw the problem with this immediately after posting the mail.
If multiple prop descriptions are originally derived from the same
object, then each will have a copy of that object. So instead of one
kind of memory overuse, we end up with another kind.

I guess a new property dialog remains the only alternative. The memory
bloat involved with huge groups will have to be tackled when it does
actually become painful.

Sameer.
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