enum and makevar

[Chompy]

Do makevar() even work with enum?

PHP Code:

enum test
{
  foo = "bar",
  bar = "foo"
}
function onCreated()
{
  temp.a = "foo";
  echo( "TEST:" SPC makevar( "test." @ temp.a));

  echo( "TEST:" SPC test.foo);
} 


This echoes:

TEST: 
TEST: bar

Do makevar work with enum?

[Skyld]

enums are for mainly integers, not strings. I think you want to use consts for strings, i.e.

PHP Code:

const foo = "bar"; 


[Chompy]

Originally Posted by Skyld

enums are for integers, not strings. I think you want to use consts for strings, i.e.

PHP Code:

const foo = "bar"; 


PHP Code:

const foo = "bar";

function onCreated()
{
  temp.a = "foo";
  echo( "TEST:" SPC makevar( temp.a));

  echo( "TEST:" SPC foo);
} 


Produces

TEST: 
TEST: bar

Still not working :[


Edit:
this is what I originally tested/needed it for:

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE
enum category
{
  Weapons,
  Accorories,
  Armor,
  Potions,
  Quest,
  Food,
  Misc
}
function onCreated()
{
  this.category = "Food";
  this.category_index = makevar( "category." @ this.category);
  echo( this.category @ ":" SPC this.category_index);
} 


Produces

Food: 0

Becuase I need the index of the current category for something I am working on..

[Skyld]

I guess it doesn't work, then. consts and enums probably aren't in the same variable scope, or are preprocessed during bytecode compilation, I'm not sure.

[Chompy]

Originally Posted by Skyld

I guess it doesn't work, then. consts and enums probably aren't in the same variable scope, or are preprocessed during bytecode compilation, I'm not sure.

Would be nice if it could be added, or I gotta do alot of uneccasary coding just to get the correct index of the category (read edited post)

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by Chompy

Would be nice if it could be added, or I gotta do alot of uneccasary coding just to get the correct index of the category (read edited post)

Hmm, makevar() is quite untidy. :| Does (@ "foo") or so do anything in place of makevar()?

[Chompy]

Originally Posted by Skyld

Hmm, makevar() is quite untidy. :| Does (@ "foo") or so do anything in place of makevar()?

Still nothing :[

PHP Code:

enum test
{
  foo = "bar",
  bar = "foo"
}
function onCreated()
{
  temp.a = "foo";
  echo( "TEST:" SPC test.( @ temp.a));
  echo( "TEST:" SPC test.( @ "foo"));
  echo( "TEST:" SPC test.foo);
} 


Produces

TEST:
TEST:
TEST: bar

same with this..

PHP Code:

enum category
{
  Weapons,
  Accorories,
  Armor,
  Potions,
  Quest,
  Food,
  Misc
}
function onCreated()
{
  this.category = "Food";
  this.category_index = category.(@ this.category);
  echo( this.category @ ":" SPC this.category_index);
} 


produces

Food: 0

[Inverness]

Couldn't one use TStaticVar in place of an enum?
It would work about the same and be accessible from other objects.
It might require you to type a little bit more but its more useful in the end, yes?

[Admins]

Consts and enums are const values which are replacing script variables at compile-time, that's why you cannot use consts/enums from other scripts either. The are basicly what "defines" are in C/C++/Pascal etc.
If you want a dynamic variable then create a dynamic variable (this.foo etc.)

[Inverness]

But in the end its unlikely the values will be modified anyhow, unless some other person with NC changes them, but them thats easy to avoid. So I can't see a reason to use constants or enums considering their inability to be used outside of the current object, thats why I would use a static var.

Just my two cents.