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<p class="MsoNormal">Jiri, not sure exactly what you want, but how about<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(|<br>
parent1* = (| a = 11. b=22 |).<br>
parent2* = (| a = 22. secretInnerSelf = (| b=33 |) |).<br>
a = 1<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The above would fit your stated requirement of having parent2 hold some secret inner structure. Does this solve your “mismatching” problem?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Randy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Self-interest <self-interest-bounces@lists.selflanguage.org> on behalf of "Jiri R." <jiriq@icloud.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, July 5, 2021 at 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"self-interest@lists.selflanguage.org" <self-interest@lists.selflanguage.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Self-interest] Hiding object internals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Assume an object:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(|<br>
parent1* = (| a = 11. b=22 |).<br>
parent2* = (| a = 22. b=33 |).<br>
a = 1<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sending 'a', gives '1' as expected:-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sending 'b' gives an error: "More then one 'b' slot was found .."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What if I need the parents to hide some of their inner structure to not mismatch with other objects? Click-on-a-slot / Make-private seems to be only cosmetic/annotation thing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jiri<o:p></o:p></p>
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