Disadvantages of generic..?
February 04, 2008 08:39 PM
In the string class addon you have generic functions/operators and native functions/operators. Why do you have both? Why not just generic?
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February 05, 2008 12:23 AM
The generic calling method is the only one available when AS_MAX_PORTABILITY is defined. In order to support this directive generic methods need to be implemented along side their normal counterparts.
February 11, 2008 03:54 PM
The generic functions have a bit more overhead than the native functions, since they normally wrap the native functions in order to transport the data between AngelScript and the application.
For the add-ons I implement both, to allow speed where native functions are supported, yet maintain portability where they are not.
For the add-ons I implement both, to allow speed where native functions are supported, yet maintain portability where they are not.
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February 13, 2008 10:39 PM
Ok. How come native calling isnt supported sometimes? Will it not work on all compilers?
February 14, 2008 07:34 AM
Native calling conventions differs depending on three factors: target CPU, target OS, and compiler used. AngelScript uses customized assembly code for each combination that is supported.
AngelScript does support native calling conventions on most of the major platforms, but there are still some platforms that only work with the generic calling convention (which is pure C++, thus works everywhere).
List of supported platforms
AngelScript does support native calling conventions on most of the major platforms, but there are still some platforms that only work with the generic calling convention (which is pure C++, thus works everywhere).
List of supported platforms
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February 15, 2008 06:54 AM
Ok one last question. From a native function, how do i return an object? For example "string toLower(string& in)". In generic you do something like this:
*(asCScriptString**)gen->GetReturnPointer() = new asCScriptString()February 15, 2008 10:40 AM
Since you're using asCScriptString you cannot return the object by value in native mode (since that requires the object to be placed on the stack, which is not compatible with reference counting). Instead you should return the object with an object handle:
// Registered as "string @toLower(string ∈)"asCScriptString *toLower(std::string &s){ // Return the new string in an object handle return new asCScriptString();}
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February 15, 2008 08:17 PM
Ok thankyou. Now i realise why i was getting a memory leak before. I defined it like
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