Your example produces the result shown for me,
gt6 = {'cylinder': 6, 'manufacture': 'Triumph'}
without installing the patch. What is happening for you?
On 5/20/06, Richard Emberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just an FYI, I've just submitted a demonstration patch
that allows one to do dictionary function chaining.
Some of you might be interested in extending the
patch to include value access via applying a key
to the results of a function (if the function returns
a dictionary).
RME
Text to bug report:
This concerns functions and dictionaries
While bug: 1491613 is a true error in the existing
code, this bug is more of an enhancement.
Currently if a function returns a dictionary, one
can not call a function on that returned dictionary
(or access a value via a key) inline:
let v = dict1.getDict2().getValue()
(
Note: the include patch does not address the following:
let v = dict1.getDict2().somekey
let v = dict1.getDict2()[somekey]
)
With this patch the following code:
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"
" example of function chaining
"
let gt6 = {'cylinder': 6, 'manufacture': "Triumph" }
let twodoor = {'sunbeam': "sunbeam", 'gt6': gt6 }
function twodoor.getGt6() dict
return self.gt6
endfunction
let fourdoor = {'stationwagon': "stationwagon", 'sedan': "sedan" }
let cars = {'twodoor': twodoor, 'fourdoor': fourdoor }
function cars.getTwodoor() dict
return self.twodoor
endfunction
function cars.getFourdoor() dict
return self.fourdoor
endfunction
let pickup = {'ford': "Ford", "toyota": "Toyota" }
let van = {'ford': "Ford", "gm": "GM" }
let trucks = {'pickup': pickup, "van": van }
function trucks.getPickup() dict
return self.pickup
endfunction
function trucks.getVan() dict
return self.van
endfunction
let vehicles = {'cars': cars, "trucks": trucks }
function vehicles.getCars() dict
return self.cars
endfunction
function vehicles.getTrucks() dict
return self.trucks
endfunction
echo "gt6 = " . string(vehicles.getCars().getTwodoor().getGt6())
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
produces the the following:
gt6 = {'cylinder': 6, 'manufacture': 'Triumph'}
The included patch is more of a demonstration of what
can be done (it also includes the patch associated with
bug 1491613). It only allows for mult-level function
chaining. In addition, I am certain that its not the
correct way to implement this feature.
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