...bumped right into a new problem:
mapping(string:mixed) map = ([]);
string s;
map["test_null"] = s;
_typeof(map["test_null"]);
> zero
which is fine by me, but:
typeof(map["test_null"]);
> mixed
which is not so nice :( and if the variable s has a value:
map["test_null"] = "no_so_null";
typeof(map["test_null"]);
> mixed
but then:
_ typeof(map["test_null"]);
> string
Am I asking something extremely stupid if I'd like to know if it's
possible to determine the (original) type of the string in the mapping?
On 13-1-2011 15:21, Bertrand LUPART wrote:
Another problem is that 'string s;' or 'string s=0;' evaluate to 'int' when
using %t and 'zero_type()' doesn't help either.
Not a problem for pike but for any other language using the generated XML.
As a workaround, have you considered using typeof()/_typeof() ?
----8<----8<----8<----
string s; string t=0; string u=""; string v="foo";
zero_type(s);
(1) Result: 0
zero_type(t);
(2) Result: 0
zero_type(u);
(3) Result: 0
zero_type(v);
(4) Result: 0
typeof(s);
(5) Result: string
typeof(t);
(6) Result: string
typeof(u);
(7) Result: string
typeof(v);
(8) Result: string
_typeof(s);
(9) Result: zero
_typeof(t);
(10) Result: zero
_typeof(u);
(11) Result: string
_typeof(v);
(12) Result: string
---->8---->8---->8----
