State¶

Class · class State: object · Source

Synchronises vocabulary with an observed property condition.

Audience: author

Superclass: object

Declared members¶

• applies — method; And a further condition, for a class only some of whose instances have it.
• appliesTo — property; internal
• item — property; Whose condition this is.
• noteWord — method; internal
• said — property; What it last wrote, so a change takes the old word away again.
• saidFor — property; The same, per thing, when the state covers a whole class.
• saidItems — property; internal
• watches — property; The property it watches, as an address: &isSharpened.
• whenFalse — property; internal
• whenTrue — property; The adjective it answers to when that property is true, and when not. Either may be nil, for a condition only one side of which has a word.
• wordFor — method; What this state last wrote for one thing.
• wordNow — method; The adjective this state gives that thing as it stands, or nil.

Member details¶

applies¶

applies(it) · Source

And a further condition, for a class only some of whose instances have it.

appliesTo¶

appliesTo = nil · Source

Internal implementation detail; no supported authoring contract is documented.

item¶

item = nil · Source

Whose condition this is.

noteWord¶

noteWord(it, word) · Source

Internal implementation detail; no supported authoring contract is documented.

said¶

said = nil · Source

What it last wrote, so a change takes the old word away again.

saidFor¶

saidFor = [] · Source

The same, per thing, when the state covers a whole class.

saidItems¶

saidItems = [] · Source

Internal implementation detail; no supported authoring contract is documented.

watches¶

watches = nil · Source

The property it watches, as an address: &isSharpened.

whenFalse¶

whenFalse = nil · Source

Internal implementation detail; no supported authoring contract is documented.

whenTrue¶

whenTrue = nil · Source

The adjective it answers to when that property is true, and when not. Either may be nil, for a condition only one side of which has a word.

wordFor¶

wordFor(it) · Source

What this state last wrote for one thing.

wordNow¶

wordNow(it) · Source

The adjective this state gives that thing as it stands, or nil.