[jawsscripts] Re: New import compiler directive
- From: "John Martyn" <johnrobertmartyn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:15:19 -0700
What I started doing is using the variant variable type to gather
information from functions that I don't want to create the dumb JSD file. If
you really want all your scripts documented and you want the descriptive
information available to the script utility, then I don't recommend doing
the variant thing. So far, it works great though without a bunch of other
checks during the compile. The script still knows how many variables are in
a function call still.
John Martyn
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[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Hart
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:13 PM
To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jawsscripts] New import compiler directive
Hi folks,
I stumbled across the following line of code in QuickSet.jsd recently, and a
rather terse explanation buried in FileIO.jss. However, it seems to be
undocumented in the FSDN. Grepping the all users settings\enu directory,
There are a pile of scripts that use the Import directive.
I can't say I truely grok it, but it appears that the Import command is used
for getting the Script Manager to load up function declarations (from jsd
files) that are deeply nested in the script binary load scope.
I always thought that the Script Manager automatically loaded the jsd files
associated with binaries referenced using the Use directive. I am assuming
that Import is needed because the compiler isn't actually clever enough to
recursively scan through "Used" jsb files to find all the associated jsd
files necessary to provide all the required function declarations, in case
the top level script file calls a function buried
2 or more levels down in the scope (excluding functions in default.jss whose
documentation one would expect the Script Manager to always have on hand).
Is anyone else aware of this or have I just been living on another planet
for the last few years?
Cheers,
Andrew.
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