Ah, ok. Thanks :)

Martin Nilsson (DivX Networks) @ Pike (-) developers forum wrote:

Foo.pmod/bar.pike

will make Foo.bar a program that you will have to instansiate with Foo.bar() to use.

Foo.pmod/bar.pmod

will make Foo.bar an object.

The program path is the path were progams are searched for when you do

inherit "name";

Not a very useful feature...

/ Martin Nilsson (DivX Networks)

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2004-08-28 15:27: Subject: pike modules

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What is the difference with the two following examples for bar?

1. Foo.pmod/bar.pike
2. Foo.pmod/bar.pmod

bar is a file in both cases, and Foo is somewhere where pike finds it.

And asking about modules, pike --help=environment mentions a program path. When is the program path used? For what?

Thanks!

/ Brevbäraren

Yep.

/ Martin Nilsson (DivX Networks)

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2004-08-28 21:31: Subject: Re: pike modules

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Related question:

How does one implement pmod-like things using CMOD? Just add functions without a PIKECLASS wrapper?

/ Marcus Agehall (PacketFront)

Overload indexing of the object.

/ Martin Nilsson (DivX Networks)

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2004-08-30 08:13: Subject: Re: pike modules

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Is there also a way in which I can place constant functions anywhere I like in the namespace from a single file? Ie create the constant function Foo.Bar.Gazonk() from the file Foo.cmod?

/ Marcus Agehall (PacketFront)

It would just be a matter of supporting the syntax

mixed Bar.Gazonk() { ... }

and accept that it may take way longer to resolve than the normal way. But then you would have to touch the resolver, and if you do you will be eternally responsible for fixing all the bugs in it.

/ Martin Nilsson (DivX Networks)

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2004-08-30 12:48: Subject: Re: pike modules

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Perhaps it's time to create an FAQ at the pike-site. The standard answer to all questions without explicit answer can be "Overload the index operator". ;)

IMHO, overloading the index operator is not always an option. I thinkt it's a way to powerful thing in most cases. I would really like to see some way of adding constants (and programs) anywhere (within a branch) in the namespace. Is there some good reason why this cannot be implemented?

/ Marcus Agehall (PacketFront)

Overloading `-> gives a lot of problems, mainly for the poor sods who try to inherit the class. I'd only do it for classes that should behave like a mapping. In all other cases I'd think at least twice if there's another way to do it.

/ Martin Stjernholm, Roxen IS

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2004-08-30 12:48: Subject: Re: pike modules

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Perhaps it's time to create an FAQ at the pike-site. The standard answer to all questions without explicit answer can be "Overload the index operator". ;)

IMHO, overloading the index operator is not always an option. I thinkt it's a way to powerful thing in most cases. I would really like to see some way of adding constants (and programs) anywhere (within a branch) in the namespace. Is there some good reason why this cannot be implemented?

/ Marcus Agehall (PacketFront)