Scripting with the new toolset extender

[Legacy_Failed.Bard]

                 Non-Integer for loops can now be compiled in the toolset with the new toolset extender (many thanks to virusman and SkywingvL for it), but I was curious what else it opened up options wise compared to the default compiler.

  Are there any tips/tricks/options any of the folks that have been using the PrC compiler before might have for things that can now be done in toolset with scripts?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_FunkySwerve]

               Circular file dependencies are possible with it. Not that I recommend them. '>

Mainly, you should recompile all your scripts, since it will catch errors the bioware compiler won't, as well as compiling them more efficiently.

Funky
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Failed.Bard]

               Hmm...  You're right about the compiler being more efficient, that's for certain.  The script I'd tested before that I could remember the debug time for was 1 loop of 500 executions = 15 ms.

 Recompiling, staying as a while loop:  10 loops of 500, 77 ms (half, essentially)
 Remaking the exact same script as a for loop: 10 loops of 500, 62 ms.

 That last one I hadn't expected.  I thought they were just easier to read, but it seems for loops compile better as well.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_the.gray.fox]

               Questions:

-- Are bitfields allowed?

struct sFOO { int Lo : 16; int Hi : 16; };

-- Can I nest UDTs without making it go nuts?
-- Is there support for macros (even a very limited one would be great)?

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-- Arrays?
(they would be syntactic sugar, I know -- but they are handy and help to better conceptualize)


(It is not that I am lazy -- It is that I can not try it from here -- thanks)


-fox
               
               

               

                     Modifié par the.gray.fox, 19 juin 2011 - 12:54 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_FunkySwerve]

               Aside from what's been mentioned, it doesn't allow anything more, that I'm aware. Certainly not arrays. C, this ain't.

Funky