Structures with predefined member values

[Franky]

Hi there,

We have

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Global value.l=5

And we have

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Structure dings
  value.l
  List Werte.l()
EndStructure

Global var.dings
var\value=5

Initializing the List needs setting values anyway, so, why not allow

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Structure dings
  value.l=5
  List Werte.l()
EndStructure

Global var.dings

Thanks for reading, discussing, implementing

Greetings

Franky


Edit: The old posting showed an example with Strings, but this needs memory allocation. So, it was removed with Numeric Values example.

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Global test.s="String"

And we have

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Structure dings
  test.s
  List Werte.l()
EndStructure

Global var.dings
var\test="String"

Initializing the List needs setting values anyway, so, why not allow

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Structure dings
  test.s="String"
  List Werte.l()
EndStructure

Global var.dings

[c4s]

Yes, I like that!

[Little John]

Initializing the List needs setting values anyway, so, why not allow

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Structure dings
  test.s="String"
  List Werte.l()
EndStructure

Global var.dings

And why not even allow

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Structure dings
   test.s = "String"
   List Werte.l() = {1,2,3}
EndStructure

Global var.dings

Regards, Little John

[STARGÅTE]

-1

don't need it, a structure is a structure, and not a variable with pre-definition!

one way:

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Structure MyStructure
	String.s
	List Value.l()
EndStructure
With PreDefinition.MyStructure
	\String = "String"
	AddElement(\Value()):\Value() = 123
EndWith

Global Variable.MyStructure = PreDefinition

Debug Variable\String
FirstElement(Variable\Value())
Debug Variable\Value() 

[Little John]

I'm sorry, I don't want to hijack this thread, since what I'm proposing here actually is independent of structures. However, I think I should clarify what I previously wrote.

one way:

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Structure MyStructure
	String.s
	List Value.l()
EndStructure
With PreDefinition.MyStructure
	\String = "String"
	AddElement(\Value()):\Value() = 123
EndWith

With

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List Werte.l() = {1,2,3}

I did not mean

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AddElement(\Werte()): \Werte() = 123

but this (pseudocode)

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ForEach element in sequence of constants
   AddElement(\Werte()): \Werte() = element
Next

Something like this would come in very handy (also for arrays)!

Regards, Little John

[Franky]

Hey Little John, great idea, but it would be one step up.
I've corrected my example at the beginning as I currently only would need the predefined Members with values.

An imaginary roadmap could be like this:

Release 1:

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Structure Test
   value.l=5 ; <-Works
  string.s="Test"; <-Not implemented
  List Parts.l()={1;2;3} <-Not implemented
EndStructure

=> No Memory allocations needed

Release 2:

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Structure Test
   value.l=5 ; <-Works
  string.s="Test"; <-Works
  List Parts.l()={1;2;3} <-Not implemented
EndStructure

=> one single Memory allocation needed ; InitializeStructure needs to be handled with care


Release 3:

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Structure Test
   value.l=5 ; <-Works
  string.s="Test"; <-Works
  List Parts.l()={1;2;3}; <-Works
EndStructure

=> Multiple memory allocation and a new Syntax is needed


So far

Franky