This function is extremely powerful and is the closest we'll be getting to Template global functions for a start, and this is extremely important for Object factories.
For example in my current game I now use the function.
Some functions that need to be expanded upon in the documentation are
asIScriptEngine::GetObjectTypeById(int type)
the type that is passed to a variable parameters function can be used to discern the handle that is passed too it.
e.g.
[source lang="cpp"]void VariableFunction(void *value, int type){
//the name of the handle can be retrieved using
engine->GetObjectTypeById(type)->GetName();
}[/source]
the other part that needs to be addressed is that you can store/edit objects passed via variable parameter
[source lang="cpp"]void VariableFunction(void *value, int type){
//retrieve
asIScriptObject* obj = (asIScriptObject*)*(void**)value;
//store
*(void**)value = obj;
}[/source]
its a shame that such a powerful feature of Angel script goes unnoticed, The way that i'm currently using it is to initialize script entities with an associated c++ class in this way
Test_Ui @test;
CreateEntity(@test,"Menu");
test.DoStuff();
AnotherRandomClass @random;
CreateEntity(@test,"Menu");
.ect
I wish angelscript had a WIKI so that people could handle some of the documentation
, anyways I thoguht i'd add this as it makes for a very powerful tool when creating factory functions in Angelscript.
