[TUT] Enumerations (enum) - Page 10

Sherazaa · 03-20-2013 , 14:33 Re: [TUT] Enumerations (enum)

No not really, i just learn Pawn enum

Thanks

Clauu · *Last edited by Clauu; 05-13-2013 at 18:12.*

The compiler/parser is full of bugs, i don;t want to sound mean but until now i never had the chance to see something worst than this, if you declare a var called myvar then that name it can't be used anymore or worse if you use a macro such as define for that var it will cause an internal compiler error, get_user_name and similar natives throws an error at charsmax/sizeof for a struct data such as enum data{name[32]};new player[33][data];get_user_name(id,player[id][name],charsmax(player[id][name])-error expected token ] bla bla);
Also in enum you can;t have "name[32],myvar=0" it has to be inverse with arrays on the last line otherwise you will get a huuge error.
There is a need for some major updates and upgrades.

**Arkshine** · 05-13-2013 , 18:11 Re: [TUT] Enumerations (enum)

Can you explain better with formated (use code bbcode) and concrete example of what is your problem exaclty ? For me it looks you just have a lack of knowledge on how works the enum for pawn.

Clauu · *Last edited by Clauu; 05-13-2013 at 18:27.*

1.

Code:

enum data_struct {
name[32]
};

public myfunction() {
new name[32]; // compiler error
}

#define name "a" // now the compiler 'dies' directly with an internal error and crashes

2.

Code:

enum data_struct {
name[32],
num=0 // compiler error, switching num with name and keeping arrays on the last line is fine when assigning default values
};

3.

Code:

enum data_struct {
name[32]
};
new player[33][data_struct];

public myfunction(id) {
get_user_name(id,player[id][name],charsmax(player[id][name])); // compiler error at charsmax/sizeof
}

**Arkshine** · *Last edited by Arkshine; 05-13-2013 at 18:38.*

All are expected. You have to remember it's only pseudo-structures. It's kind of an hack around the enum to allow such "structure". Pawn != C.

1. You can't do that. It works like that in Pawn. It's unrelated to enum.

2. Remove the = 0 you can't set value directly here and it doesn't make sense anyway to do that since you create a "structure".

3. Expected. Right syntax : charsmax(player[][name]).

Clauu · *Last edited by Clauu; 05-14-2013 at 03:10.*

So if those are pawn limitations and not parser errors then it's really bad.. ok i understand it's only just a game scripting language but c'mon those situations are critical for programing and damn it data structures it's a must in these times.

fysiks · *Last edited by fysiks; 05-14-2013 at 03:51.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clauu

So if those are pawn limitations and not parser errors then it's really bad..

It's bad that there are no bugs?????? You must have some convoluted views of the world. All languages have their own limitations for a reason (otherwise the language wouldn't exist).

Clauu · 05-14-2013 , 05:03 Re: [TUT] Enumerations (enum)

Yes indeed some languages have their own limitations but not such critical things, the general idea of all languages is to evolve right? From my point of view these things can easily be fixed and i'm pretty sure that i'm not the only one who stumbled with these issues.

YamiKaitou · 05-14-2013 , 05:17 Re: [TUT] Enumerations (enum)

Each language is different, that is why there are so many of them out there. If every language had the same features, then what would be the point of having so many languages to choose from? Last I checked, Pawn was created be easily embedded and not resource intensive. It was never designed to be as robust as other languages. These limitations you claim are bad were created by design. Yes some languages evolve, but they all evolve within the same limitations they were created with. If you believe some of the limitations need to be fixed, go bug CompuPhase since they are the developers of Pawn. Just note that AMXX is unlikely to incorporate any new features they add to Pawn. I do not know what version of Pawn is used by AMXX, but I highly doubt it is the latest

**Arkshine** · 05-14-2013 , 05:21 Re: [TUT] Enumerations (enum)

That's not issues. It's how works Pawn. Check the introduction http://www.compuphase.com/pawn/pawn.htm. Also there is no point to compare Pawn to other languages and requesting features/way of working from them. Each languages have its differences. Deal with them for Pawn.