Static & ByRef

[Bluesmaster]

@JohnOne

I thought a bit about  your suggestion using objects and it turns out I have done you wrong:

main()

Func main($key = "")

    $oResult = test()

    test()  ; the more calls from any other possible locations you make...
    test()  ; ...the higher the number will be.

    ; So test() has permanent access to a "variable" in main()    > mission accomplished!
    ConsoleWrite( "asynchronous result: " & $oResult.Item("")   & @LF )

EndFunc

Func test()

    Static $oResult

    if not( IsObj( $oResult ) ) Then
       $oResult = ObjCreate( "Scripting.Dictionary" )
       $oResult.ADD("" , 1 )
       return $oResult
   Else
       $cache = $oResult.Item("")
       $oResult.REMOVE("")
       $oResult.ADD("" , $cache + 1 )
    EndIf

EndFunc

This works just well and does what I want. Maybe the dictionary is not the ultimate solution but in principle it is a solution to the original request.
 Thank you  & merry christmas

ps: if anyone knows a better object let me know please. ( What I mean by that is an object that direclty represents a  variable so that no fcn-call like ".item( "" )" is needed )

Edited December 21, 2013 by Bluesmaster

[trancexx]

I added new data type to AutoIt while I was developer, called Table. It's supercool thingy which unfortunatly I wasn't able to finish implementing. Instead new/old developer (red Jon) removed some details probably to hide it from users until he figures out what to do with it.
Still with latest beta it's possible to do this (even though it was more correct before when IsTable function existed):

main()

Func main($key = "")

    test() ; 1
    test() ; 2
    test() ; 3
    test() ; 4

    ConsoleWrite("result: " & test() & @LF) ; prints 5
    ConsoleWrite("result: " & test() & @LF) ; prints 6

EndFunc

Func test()
    Local Static $x

    If Not (VarGetType($x) = "Table") Then
        Local $y[]
        $x = $y
        $x.elem = 0
    EndIf

    $x.elem += 1
    Return $x.elem
EndFunc

...not that it has anything to do with your question, LOL.

But this could have:

main()

Func main($key = "")

    $a = test() ; 1
    test() ; 2
    test() ; 3
    test() ; 4
    test() ; 5
    test() ; 6

    ConsoleWrite("result: " & $a.elem & @LF) ; prints 6 ;<- Aha!

EndFunc

Func test()
    Local Static $x

    If Not (VarGetType($x) = "Table") Then
        Local $y[]
        $x = $y
        $x.elem = 0
    EndIf

    $x.elem += 1
    Return $x
EndFunc

Edited December 21, 2013 by trancexx

[Bluesmaster]

Well this seems to work. But I am a bit concerned if this is not too experimental. I could not find any posting to this new data type

and the story of its development sounds like an adventure   So how can I be sure this feature will not be removed in the next release crashing all my dependend code?

( independend opinions welcome )

So one creates a "table" ( most languages do know this as struct or? ) by using:

$myVar[]  ...right?

What is under the hood there that it behaves more like an object than an ordinary autoit-variable ( as shown in the example )?

 

best regards

Blues

Edited December 21, 2013 by Bluesmaster

[trancexx]

Well, Jon pretty much knows that Table type is awesome feature. He is also bit afraid not to hurt my feelings more by removing it (God almighty knows where he got that idea) and he's kind of lazy to work on it, besides he doesn't wan't to fuck up something else if he starts playing with the code. So, it's kind of status quo on that.

Experimental features are made for experimenting. Experiment then, I say.

[Bluesmaster]

 

He is also bit afraid not to hurt my feelings more by removing it

 

^^ thats cute.

So lets experiment then. Thank you for introducing the new datatype to me.

[Melba23]

Bluesmaster,

The Table datatype disclosed by trancexx is undocumented, not experimental, and therefore does not exist as far as official AutoIt development is concerned. So it could be removed without warning from any future release, there is absolutely no guarantee of it perfoming in any manner whatsoever, and there will certainly be no bug fixes or changes. You use it entirely at your own risk.

Personally I think Tables could be a very useful addition to the language - but you need to appreciate the current position of this feature before getting dependent on it.

M23

[Bluesmaster]

@Melba23

Thanks for that advice

[JohnOne]

"red jon"

[Melba23]

Bluesmaster,

And as I warned, the Table datatype is not in the 3.3.10.0 release.

M23

[trancexx]

I think you don't realize you have been outplayed.

[Bluesmaster]

 

I think you don't realize you have been outplayed.

 

In the risk of sounding a bit retarded: I do not understand what you mean by that.

[Melba23]

Bluesmaster,

The comment was not directed at you, so it is not surprising that you do not understand it. I suggest you ignore the post completely, which is all it deserves.

M23

[trancexx]

In the risk of sounding a bit retarded: I do not understand what you mean by that.

You don't sound retarded, don't worry. The comment wasn't for you, otherwise I would've quoted your post.

It was for one who understood it the second after reading it. One who thinks he can play with me, not realizing I'm step ahead.

Fun way of making people do what you want them to, because sometimes they deserve just that. At the end AutoIt wins, so no sweat.