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Telescript Language Reference
October 1995General Magic, Inc.
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The Telescript Language Reference
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The general idea of a remote programming language is in the public domain. Anyone is freeto formulate his or her own expression of this idea by devising a unique language structure,syntax and vocabulary. However, General Magic exercised a great deal of originalexpression when choosing the structure, syntax and vocabulary of the Telescript language.Therefore, General Magic believes that it owns the copyright in the structure, syntax andvocabulary of the Telescript programming language. General Magic believes that no oneelse can create a Telescript language interpreter without violating its copyright. GeneralMagic is also seeking patent protection on some of the novel inventions in the Telescriptarchitecture and software agent functionality. Finally, General Magic owns the trademark “Telescript,” which has been registered in the U.S. and many other jurisdictions. GeneralMagic uses the “Telescript” trademark to identify General Magic’s Telescript software.General Magic wants to promote the use of the Telescript language as an enablingtechnology for creating “smart” networks. Therefore, we have an open, non-discriminatorypolicy on licensing our Telescript software for research and development, and commercialpurposes. We also encourage you to write programs in the Telescript language. Feel free toincorporate any of the sample programs contained in this document into your programs.General Magic, the General Magic logo, the Magic Cap logo, the Telescript logo, MagicCap, Telescript, and the rabbit-from-a-hat logo are trademarks of General Magic, andmay be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks and service marks are theproperty of their respective owners.
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Portions of the Magic Cap software and the Telescript software are patent pending in theUnited States and other countries.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface.............................................................................. xiIntroduction........................................................................ 1
About the technology............................................................................. 1
Telescript model 1Telescript language 2Telescript engine 3Telesphere 4
About this manual................................................................................... 4
Audience 4Informal conventions 5Formal conventions 5References 5
Part One—Language Concepts......................................... 7
Object composition................................................................ 8
Operations............................................................................................. 8
The operation concept 8Defining an operation’s interface 8Defining an operation’s implementation 9Implementing a method with a block 9Maintaining local variables 10
Attributes............................................................................................. 10
The attribute concept 10Defining an attribute’s interface 10Defining an attribute’s implementation 11Maintaining properties 11
Constraints........................................................................................... 11
The constraint concept 11Defining a constraint’s type 12Defining a constraint’s passage 12Specifying a class 12Searching for a class 13
Object manipulation............................................................. 14
Object references................................................................................. 14
The reference concept 14Acquiring a protected reference 14Acquiring a voided reference 14Protecting objects 15
Object manipulation.............................................................................. 15
Copying an object 15Destroying an object 16
Object ownership................................................................................. 16
The ownership concept 16Isolating an object 17Locking an object 17Freezing an object 17Thawing an object 18Transferring ownership 18
Object aggregation............................................................... 19
Class definitions................................................................................... 19
The class concept 19The class family concept 19
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