Re: [amibroker] Biggest shortcoming of AFL scripting language

[Herman <psytek@xxxxxxxx>]

I seem to recall that at some point Tomasz was considering introducing 
the ability to declare Static variables in the same way we declare Local 
and Global variables, i.e.:

Static a,b,c;
Local d,e,f;
Global g,h,i;

That would do the job even better as we could do away with the long 
Static Variable function calls altogether.

The problem would be, of course on how to recognize the different types 
of variables - color coding them in the afl editor would be nice :-)

herman

scourt2000 wrote:
> AFL needs something like:
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> static {
> a = 1;
> b = 2.3;
> c = "hello world"
> }
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> The first time the script is read into a chart, the variables within the static{} clause would be created and initialized.    Their values would be GLOBAL and REMEMBERED from run-to-run of the script.
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> I know what you're thinking....
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> "Well, you can use StaticVarGet(), StaticVarSet(), StaticVarGetText() and StaticVarSetText() and do the same thing you're trying to show here so what's your point?".
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> My reaction to that kind of question is...HUH?!
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> Oh, you mean you would rather say:
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> "StaticVarSet("a", 3)" or "a = StaticVarGet("a")"
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> rather than:
>
> "a = 3" or "a"
>
> to have values set/get and remembered between runs of the script (global, yet private to that particular script)?
>
> Now, tell me honestly, which one makes YOUR programming life easier and your scripts easier to be read by others?  
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