David, > On Jan 10, 2017, at 9:29 PM, David Adams <[email protected]> wrote:
> OB Get type seems to report that they're object arrays, even if you stashed > something like a longint array. OB GET ARRAY doesn't want to recast them on > the fly. (I tried putting in a longint array and pulling it out as an > object array - what 4D tells me it is - and it choked.) I think you can cast any array type to a text array (including an object array), but not much else. > > Am I missing something here? 4D clearly knows the underlying data type of > arrays stashed in a C_OBJECT, but I'm unclear how to get it out. I've > bashed on the JSON Stringify command and some other bits I could find, but > I don't see even an indirect way to figure out the type. You are not missing anything. If you want a way to properly serialize and unserialize all 4D types, the only viable option is to store the type information with the value. John DeSoi, Ph.D. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
