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Zugg
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Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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 Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:15 am
v3.18 Alpha version released
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I am looking for some brave beta testers this weekend.
I'm not going to be around and learned that I won't even be able to do any programming tomorrow (Chiara has mandated a 4-day weekend here ;)
So, I have uploaded the current Alpha release of 3.18. It is "Alpha" because it has the potential to totally break all of your scripts, so you MUST MAKE A BACKUP of your current files. Please see the Version History for details on new features, changes, and bug fixes.
But I'm hoping that some people are brave enough to give it a try. I've tested it on my scripts and it seems to work fine. CMUD itself uses a *lot* of the string lists and hash tables that have been converted to the new json table type, so the fact that CMUD itself seems to work indicates that my low-level routines have been converted mostly correct.
However, there are probably plenty of weird issues, especially dealing with compatibility between the new json tables and the old hash tables. And I really need your help to try and find as many problems as possible before I can make this a public release. The more people who can help with this, the better the public release will be, so I REALLY need your help!
The only known issues in this version are:
1) The current Variable editor doesn't work very well when dealing with nested tables and lists. In the 3.19 version I'm planning a new Variable editor "tree" that can handle nested values correctly.
2) Nested tables and lists are not converted to/from Lua tables very well yet. This will also be fixed in v3.19.
3) No support for custom sorting yet. The low-level code is there, but I haven't done the GUI yet. This will also be fixed in 3.19. I'll also add the option to 3.19 to control case sensitivity. Right now, normal string lists and tables are case-INsensitive. However, tables created by the %json function are probably case sensitive.
4) I haven't done much testing with using lists or tables within trigger patterns, so help with that testing would be appreciated.
In general you can access nested tables and lists in the following fashion:
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#SHOW @varname.1 // shows first element of a list
#SHOW @varname.key // shows the value of the key in a table
#SHOW @varname.1.key // shows value of key in the table within the first element of a list |
So it *should* work as you'd expect it to. If you find something that you think should work properly but doesn't, let me know.
When assigning values to a list, you can use the syntax:
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varname.1 = value // assigns to first element of list
varname.key = value // assigns value to key in table |
However, trying to assign "nested" values, like "varname.1.key = value" won't work unless the intermediate nested object already exists. So this is still a bit klunky.
The new %json function can create a nested list or table using standard json syntax. If you give it the name of an existing list or table variable, it will return the proper json syntax for the data. The proper json syntax is also shown in the output of the #VAR command for debugging purposes.
If you use #VAR to display a variable and don't see the "json: ..." line, that means there is no json object created for this variable.
There was definitely a speed boost from using the new json tables. But I also have not gone through and fully benchmarked anything yet.
Thanks for any help you can provide. I won't be online much this weekend, but I'll try to pop in and answer questions when I can. Please remember to make a SEPARATE POST for each new bug.
Oh yeah, you want the download link? Here it is:
CMUD 3.18: http://www.zuggsoft.com/files/cmud318_setup.exe
CMUD Pro: http://www.zuggsoft.com/files/cmudpro318_setup.exe
Hope it mostly works! |
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Zugg
MASTER
Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:58 am
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OK, well that was a complete disaster. As always :(
I fixed the conditional compilation that was causing some of the weird problems, but definitely keep looking for more. At this rate anything seems to be possible.
I uploaded a new 3.18a version. Same links as above. Give it another try and thanks for your patience. |
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charneus
Wizard
Joined: 19 Jun 2005
Posts: 1876
Location: California
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:38 am
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Confirmed all bugs I've posted fixed, including the deleting of the database/stringlist variables. Thanks for the quick fix! I'll try to break it some more! I do get a new error upon opening my session to Aardwolf, though... and I'm guessing it's pkg specific, as I can't do it in an untitled session. Can send a pkg file if you can't discern it from my next post.
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