Function Declaration / Prototyping

[djrikki]

Hi,

At the moment if I want to call and use a function it must have previously been defined. Naturally I want to be able to organise or group my functions together how I want them,

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p_DoSomething

function p_DoSomething()
     debugprint("hollywood rocks")
endfunction

This piece of code would fail because the function has yet to be defined.

[ArtBlink]

Try this :

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Function p_DoSomething()
     DebugPrint("hollywood rocks")
EndFunction

p_DoSomething

I think it's bug... no?

[djrikki]

No not a bug. If there is no way to declare the function prototype at the top of the code then that would be a limitation. Andreas will know for sure.

[airsoftsoftwair]

Functions in Hollywood are just variables that contain a function instead of a static value. Thus, they have to be initialized prior to use. Writing

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Function p_Add(a, b)
    Return(a+b)
EndFunction

is the same as

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p_Add = Function(a, b) Return(a+b) EndFunction

A workaround for your problem is to encapsulate everything into functions. Then the problem won't arise. I.e.:

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Function p_Main()
  p_DoSomething()
EndFunction

Function p_DoSomething()
...
EndFunction

p_Main()