1. Re: Multiple includes
kbochert at copper.net wrote:
>>As it stands, the 'new include' technique would refer to a
>>*local* instance only. This means the included file acts
>>as a local resource similar to the way local variables work.
>>This should make it pretty easy to implement too.
>>
>>As noted before:
>>
>>--rect.ew
>>atom x1,y1,x2,y2
>>x1=0
>>y1=0
>>x2=0
>>y2=0
>>
>>
>>--file.exw
>>include new rect.ew as r1
>>include new rect.ew as r2
>>r1:x1=10
>>r1:y1=10
>>r2:x1=20
>>r2:y1=20
>>
>>
>>Here, each rect refers to a different set of x and y variables
>>even though only one include file was needed. In other words,
>>we were able to use two different objects (rects in this case)
>>of the same type that needed to be described only once in
>>rect.ew . This is also a powerful technique, considering the
>>original file can be extremely complex in itself but used
>>more then once for more then one object by simply declaring
>>it a second or more times taking up only one more line of code.
>>
>>Take care,
>>Al
>>
>>
>Is this not just a subset of what even simple objects supply?
>
>--rect.ew
>class Rect
>atom x1,y1,x2,y2
>x1=0
>y1=0
>x2=0
>y2=0
>end class
>
>
>--file.exw
>include rect.exw
>Rect r1, r2
>r1.x1=10
>r1.y1=10
>r2.x1=20
>r2.y1=20
>
>Karl Bochert
>
>
Whoa! When did we get class types?
Can we do something like
class Rect
atom x1, x2, y1, y2
classfunction Resize(atom way, atom perc)
if way = RECT_EXPAND_HORIZONTAL then
x2 *= perc
elsif way = RECT_EXPAND_VERTICAL then
y2 *= perc
else
x2 *= perc
y2 *= perc
end if
end classfunction
end class
