On Jan 25, 2007, at 04:58 UTC, Stephen A. Cochran Lists wrote: > It seems to be that the array support in the Plugin API is still only > half complete with no way to create RB arrays.
That's right. It was probably added to support specific needs, maybe in the MS Office classes, and doesn't seem to be intended for general use. > Specifically I'm hoping to return an RB array from a function or > modify one that was passed in ByRef. It shouldn't need to be passed in ByRef in order to modify it. But you would need modification methods -- IIRC, they're basically read-only to a plugin. > Submitted as a feature request. Is this a limitation encountered by > many people? I think the generally preferred idiom is to make your own container class and accessor specific to your data. For example, see Group2D, which is essentially a wrapper for an array of Object2Ds (plus some additional functionality). HTH, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
