STUDENT RESPONSE ANI3-C
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Jerry,
Thanks for these Poco lessons. A couple of thoughts from ANI3-C.
Your description of & – the "address of" prefix was good. Next time, I'd pair
it with the explanation of * – the "assume it's an address" prefix. You say
that's what it means, but the explanation doesn't point out the symbol.
I found it nice to set the Circle line to:
Circle(mx,my,count*2); // that way I could see "space" between the circles.
I didn't like the filled circles. I went back out of Poco and turned off Fill
(about #3, before you showed how to do it in the program!)
I found it irritating that the Qtext button came up over the place were the
circle was being drawn (until I moved my mouse away and found that a click
anywhere would do, I didn't have to hit the continue button in the message
box.)
Before exercise #5 there is typo – SetColor(curcol+count); should be
SetColor(currcol+count). No doubt you've been told that about 20 times.
Regards,
Chuck Jameson
Silver Tongue Software
>>>Jerry>>>
(a) Thanks for these Poco lessons. A couple of thoughts from ANI3-C.
Your description of & – the "address of" prefix was good. Next time, I'd pair
it with the explanation of * – the "assume it's an address" prefix. You say
that's what it means, but the explanation doesn't point out the symbol.
Hello Charles. Glad you like them. Please, send thoughts anytime. Good point
on the * symbol.
(b) I found it nice to set the Circle line to:
Circle(mx,my,count*2); // that way I could see "space" between the circles.
I didn't like the filled circles. I went back out of Poco and turned off Fill
(about #3, before you showed how to do it in the program!)
It's good that you're experimenting with these programs. That's the whole
idea, to see what other effects you can create with simple modifications to
these prototypes.
(c) I found it irritating that the Qtext button came up over the place were
the
circle was being drawn (until I moved my mouse away and found that a click
anywhere would do, I didn't have to hit the continue button in the message
box.)
Yes. There are a few quirks about the interface of POCO like these get
irritate me too, but as I may have mentioned earlier, I have yet to find a
"paint"/animation package with such open-endedness. It's a small price to
pay for the ability to customize the program.
(d) Before exercise #5 there is typo – SetColor(curcol+count); should be
SetColor(currcol+count). No doubt you've been told that about 20 times.
That makes 21. 🙂
<<<Jerry<<<