[DGD] call_other() and static functions

[Petter Nyström]

As I have understood things, call_other() is the only way to call a 
function. Correct?

To write foo->bar() is just syntactic sugar for call_other(foo, "bar") . 
So I then assume that just bar() would be syntactic sugar for 
call_other(this_object(), "bar") ?

My documentation (which could be outdated) tells me that static means "The 
function can only be called from within the same object," which I think I 
am doing. I am running DGD 1.2.112.

Thanks,

Jimorie

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Noah Gibbs wrote:

>  The static-ness of the function might be the problem.  I know you can't
> call_other() static functions on other objects.  I don't remember if you can on
> yourself.
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> --- Petter Nyström <md1pette at mdstud.chalmers.se> wrote:
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>> Hello!
>>
>> I sit a bit puzzled here, supposing I am missing something but can't
>> figure out what. The problem I have is that a call on the form:
>>
>>  	call_other(this_object(), "trim", " foo ");
>>
>> is returning nil. (It never gets called). I make this call from my auto
>> program, and the trim() function is defined as:
>>
>>  	static nomask string trim (string str) { ... }
>>
>> also in the auto program. Reading the documentation I don't see why this
>> shouldn't work. Am I misunderstanding something? Or must perhaps something
>> else I do be wrong? Removing the static modifier from the trim() function
>> solves the problem, but I rather liked having most functions in the auto
>> object being static.
>>
>> If anyone's got a clue, please let me know. I might be missing something
>> obvious.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jimorie
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