OOP and Lambdas Missing from AutoIt

[gaxar77]

I haven't used AutoIt in a long time. I'm planning to get back into it since I've read how much it has matured as a language. But from what I remember AutoIt is missing object-oriented programming and lambda expressions. Are there any plans to implement these in the future? Do you think AutoIt and its users would benefit from having these features?

I know there is AutoItObject which exploits COM to provide pseudo-OOP, but I would like to see real OOP built into AutoIt and also lambda functions. Most programming languages support these things. AutoIt is a great language, especially now, but its missing these things. I don't mean to start a debate or anything but I wonder if maybe these things should be implemented.

Maybe it's too much work right now? Maybe it's not feasible? What do you think?

[JLogan3o13]

Asked and answered (officially). If the direction is going to change, this is where it will be posted.

https://www.autoitscript.com/trac/autoit/wiki/AutoItNotOnToDoList

[Earthshine]

nice writing in that link... I loved the last bit "Asking for an addition to Opt() is the same as forfeiting your life as far as I'm concerned." LOL, so great

to the OP, you should always use the appropriate tech/language where it's needed. There is no one language to rule them all.

Edited September 30, 2019 by Earthshine

[junkew]

This comes close I feel https://github.com/genius257/AutoItObject-Internal although com based its really flexible

And assigning functions to variables give you a lot of flexibility if you want for customizing logic/syntax

$a=classA_b()
$t=$a
$a=classA_a()
$t=$a

$a=classB_b()
$t=$a
$a=classB_a()
$t=$a

func classA_a()
    consolewrite("a_a" & @CRLF)
EndFunc
func classA_b()
    consolewrite("a_b" & @CRLF)
EndFunc
func classB_a()
    consolewrite("b_a" & @CRLF)
EndFunc
func classB_b()
    consolewrite("b_b" & @CRLF)
EndFunc

 

[jchd]

On 9/29/2019 at 11:47 PM, gaxar77 said:

... lambda functions. Most programming languages support these things.

Most, really?

[TheDcoder]

On 9/30/2019 at 5:41 PM, JLogan3o13 said:

https://www.autoitscript.com/trac/autoit/wiki/AutoItNotOnToDoList 

The thread link for the OOP topic seems to be dead, does anyone know which topic it is?:

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Object-Oriented syntax: For a lengthy discussion on object-oriented concepts and why AutoIt does not and will not have them, see here.