Discovering the slots in a module
- Search from the lobby for all slots.
- Each should be in a module.
- SELF 4.0 contains ~16000 reachable slots.
- Cannot save unreachable objects using the SELF 4.0 transporter.
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Discovering the slots in a module
In order to be able to install a saved slot into an object in a different snapshot, we
must be able to locate that object. In Self 4.0, this means that the object
must be reachable from the lobby by a path (i.e., sequence of data slots).
When operating, the transporter locates every slot reachable from the lobby via
such a path (with some exceptions, listed below). Every slot should be in a module;
any that are not are known as expatriate, and can be listed from the changed
modules middle-button menu. In Self 4.0, there are about 16000 slots
reachable from the lobby, and every one is assigned to a module.
Slots and objects that are not reachable from the lobby constitute the local state of
a snapshot, and cannot be saved using the transporter. (The mechanism used to
save morphs does not involve the transporter.)
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