Re: How to compute the address of an object?

["Theodore H. Smith" <delete at elfdata dot com>]

> From: "Kiam" <kiam at avpnet dot org>
> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:06:56 +0100
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Yeomans" <charles at declareSub dot com>
> To: "REALbasic NUG" <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 4:37 AM
> Subject: Re: How to compute the address of an object?
>
> > Use Variant.Hash.  I think it's documented to return distinct  
> > values  for
> > distinct objects.
> It does, but I think it's very slow (for what I understood).
> Rather than, I would ask if the unique ID must still be unique  
> after it has
> been saved in a database / file, and then loaded back.
>
> Actually, I cannot think to a different way to get an unique ID  
> that is not
> too slow. If you want an ID that is persistent after many runs of the
> program, then there is a solution.
Perhaps a plugin can give you the object address. Not mine though :)  
Mine only gives you string addresses.
--
http://elfdata.com/plugin/



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