[PD] Help with 'pointer'

[Michael McGonagle]

Hello all,

I was looking at the 'help' for 'pointer' (what comes up when you select 
help from the popup menu, or right-click), and it seems to me that 
something is not working as it is describe to. There are two examples 
within this file, the first will traverse thru a list of objects, but it 
only prints the fact that it has an object, and no more.

The second example appears to be showing how to identify the type of 
object that is returned from 'pointer'. When I click on the 'traverse' 
message to reset the 'pointer', and then use next to go thru the 
objects, it prints out each object as 'other'. I am assuming this means 
that it is unable to identify the object type.

Am I understanding this correctly, is this "broken"???

Also, I seem to remember reading about how the names for objects are 
constructed, but I can seem to find that reference again. Could someone 
point me where it is??

Thanks,

Mike