'Virgin' flag for Init... commands.

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:43 am

Init... commands should have a flag to skip if they have already been called.

This would avoid problems such as:

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 160#180160

You could add an optional force Init.. with a flag:

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InitNetwork() ; Ensure init network called only once

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InitNetwork(#True) ; Force init network

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:07 am

I suppose if you are using libraries etc then you don't know what has been INITed so this would be a good thing.

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:33 pm

Derek wrote:... if you are using libraries etc then you don't know what has been INITed ...

pardon.
this would be a crap library if it's that bad documented...

sorry.. *shaking his head is disgust*

a Lib INITing anything without telling me at least in the documentation...

unbelievable... shear horror... missing words to tell my feelings...

netmaestro wrote:Anyone who concieves of such a construct should be flogged 'round the fleet, keelhauled and fed piecemeal to the sharks.

this word is true here, too.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:52 pm

It was only an example of why the request was a good one.

Calm down abit, go and have a coffee or something.

Also, I'm sure there are libs out there that don't document every little thing, but if there isn't then that's just fine.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:54 pm

And, what if you want to run several different libs and they all try to INIT, surely that would cause a problem. Unless you have the source code for each one and you edit them.

ts-soft · Post by **ts-soft** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:59 pm

some functions like this:

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IsNetworkInit()
IsSpriteInit()

would be useful

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:12 pm

... have a coffee or something ...

do I sound as if my blood pressure isn't already high enough?

no, kidding.

I'm perfectly calm.

I just wanted to express what I think about Documentations and Libs in general.

I won't request anyone to write a Lib, but if they do, they should put a reliable and complete documentation to it.

For OpenSource it's not that critical matter, but for compiled Libs a good documentation is vital.

I once wrote a 328-line well commended Include for Sprite-Animations,
and I put a 309-line Documentation to it...

it's just my opinion, but for me a good documentation is a really serious thing.

sorry for OT...
B.O.T.:

something like a flag
or a request-function like ts suggested
would be a good idea.

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:25 pm

Kaeru Gaman: The documentation for PureSMTP and PurePOP3 is great (especially considering it all free!) - its just one of those things that things went wrong.

A temporary solution has been found for the linked example with a short amount of time.

My suggestion was to Fred - that it may be a good idea to include an enhancement to the Init... commands was for the next official release of PureBasic.

Dr. Dri · Post by **Dr. Dri** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:25 pm

there isn't any problem, if you turn the debugger off you'll get a message and if you turn it on you'll have to use the debugger "Continue" feature and once again you'll get the message... no problem...

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InitSprite()

If InitSprite()
  MessageRequester("initsprite", "already initialized")
EndIf

Dri

DoubleDutch · Post by **DoubleDutch** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:35 pm

But calling InitNetwork RESETS the network, it doesn't skip it if already initialised.