Hi, If you use the development version, now you can declare typed object arrays:
DIM ArrayOfLabels AS Label[8, 8] The Label[] class is dynamically created by the interpreter the first time it is used. It has exactly the same features as the Object[] class, except that it always returns Labels, not Objects. So, something like: ArrayOfLabels[1, 1].Text = "Hello" becomes faster as the interpreter now knows that ArrayOfLabels[1, 1] returns a label, and so can optimize the property access. This feature is more powerful. Any class can be followed by "[]" to become an typed array class, and this process is recursive. So "String[][][]" is an array of array of array of String! I don't know if it useful in that specific case... At the moment, the IDE automatic completion does not understand this new syntax. But it is planned. I want to enhance this "template" feature: I'd like to do something like: DIM MyIndex AS String.Collection to be able to declare a Collection whose elements are strings. It could be faster than using the standard Collection, whose elements are variants. Then we will be able to do weird things, like: DIM WhatTheFuck AS String.Collection[].Collection That would be a Collection whose elements are arrays of Collection whose elemnts are String. And maybe we could go further: using any class as template. Something like: DIM MyListOfString AS String.List where List is a class written in Gambas. I don't know that last feature would be really useful anyway. Waiting for people comments now... :-) Regards, -- Benoit Minisini ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
