Hi Robert, I don't know about most of these languages, but I believe all the .NET languages (30??), which are compiled, this is would called "Reflection".
As well, with JScript.NET, which is the compile-able version of JScript (a.k.a. JavaScript) the eval() method is still available. So yes, I believe some of the other compiled languages must be able to do this in one form or another. But of course, as is the case with any dynamic referencing like this, there is surely a performance cost. Cheers....... > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Boosting Server Performance, and TCFs > > > dynamic referencing a table is one thing, that should be ok. What I > mean is referencing an object dynamically like you can do with > javascript/flash with the eval() function. > > For instance, in javascript/flash, if you have a set of > fields, named > field_1, and field_2, and so on to field_10, they could be > referenced > dynamically like so: > > for x = 1 to 10 > eval("field_"+str(x)) = "some value" > next x > > The same could be done in witango with a bunch of arguments, <@arg > field_1>, and so on. > > <@for start=1 stop=10 step=1> > <@addrows local$newArray <@arg field_<@currow>>> > </@for> > > I don't believe this could be done in a compiled language. You would > have to use a select case method or build an array of objects or > something. > > Robert. > > On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 01:47 PM, Atrix Wolfe wrote: > > > you could still do dynamic referencing if they made > allowances for it, > > like > > if they stored a table w/ the names of the vars and > pointers to them. > > > > If you can make java bytecodes though and then use gcc to > make that > > into an > > executable or dynamic library, would you really need With > to make a > > witango > > compiler? That is assuming you dont lose anything like dynamic > > referencing > > in either of those 2 steps. > > > > I've been kind of wondering about this since With said you > could make > > tango > > into java bytecodes though...if you made your code into java > > bytecodes, does > > it support dynamic referencing TCF's, includes etc? > > > > Just wondering if could expect any and all code to work the same > > whether it > > was tango or java bytecodes. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:25 PM > > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Boosting Server Performance, and TCFs > > > > > >> Just because our tafs would be compiled in some native > format, doesn't > >> mean we would have to start worrying about things garbage > collection. > >> The compiled tcf would would have in/out points and process data > >> within. It would run within the memory space of the > witango server, > >> and > >> the server would handle the garbage collection and the > nasty stuff. > >> The > >> main benefit would be that complex methods in a tcf would not be > >> scripted, but compiled so that there would be no tag > processing and > >> the > >> other performance drags that are inherant with an interpreted > >> language. > >> It would mean, though, that certain things you can do in a > tml or taf, > >> you could not do, like dynamic referencing. > >> > >> Robert. > >> > >> On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 09:49 AM, Scott Cadillac wrote: > >> > >>> But it does add several layers of complexity too. I'm not > an expert > >>> at > >>> this > >>> level by any means, but it seams to me that Witango isn't ready to > >>> support > >>> this kind of low-level environment (nor any interpreted > language for > >>> that > >>> matter, e.g., ColdFusion). > >>> > >>> For example, garbage collection and other memory > allocation issues - > >>> what > >>> sort of Metatags would we need for this? > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Robert Garcia > >> President - BigHead Technology > >> CTO - eventpix.com > >> 2781 N Carlmont Pl > >> Simi Valley, Ca 93065 > >> ph: 805.522.8577 - cell: 805.501.1390 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ - http://theradmac.com/ > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________ > ________ > >> __ > >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > _________ > > _ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > > > > > > -- > > Robert Garcia > President - BigHead Technology > CTO - eventpix.com > 2781 N Carlmont Pl > Simi Valley, Ca 93065 > ph: 805.522.8577 - cell: 805.501.1390 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ - http://theradmac.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf
