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[Scandum]

In this beta I've changed the code to use sorted arrays instead of linked lists. The main advantage of this is that variables and functions can be looked up very quickly using a binary search.

The next thing I'm planning to do is to add support for nested associative arrays.

http://tintin.sourceforge.net/download/tintin-beta.tar.gz

Changes:

[reality3k]

The priority checking for an action seems messed up.

[Scandum]

It was comparing strings rather than integers. Should be fixed in the newly uploaded beta, and thanks for testing!

The new beta allows the following:

#var bla[4] 6
#var bli[$bla[4]] hello
#showme $bli[6]

Not the most useful thing. More to follow.

[Scandum]

I uploaded a new beta which supports nested variables.

Changes:

1. ${+1} now references the first variable, ${+2} the second, etc. ${-1} can be used to reference the last variable. This is mainly useful for nested variables.

2. Uninitialized nested variables now return 0. This change has backward compatibility issues.

3. Added nested variables with behavior similar to associative arrays. For example: #var $bla[this][that] 1

4. Accessing a variable that contains a nesting will print all indices for that variable. #showme $bla[this] would print: {that}{1}

5. Added basic support for nested variables to the #list command.

6. $var[1] $var[2] support for #list variables no longer works.

Example:

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I added #switch, #case, and #default which work more or less the same as the C equivalent.

Example:

[Scandum]

Added MAP EXIT ROOM event.

Accessing a nested variables by their index now requires using a + before the index number.

So $bla[+1] would print the first nested variable inside $bla, and $bla[1] would print the variable named 1 inside $bla.

Also fixed a sorting issue.

[Scandum]

Fixed a bug with #write not saving aliases and actions.

Added the #while command to the script tokenizer and added #break and #continue to work with it. They work pretty much the same way as in C. Keep in mind that using #break is currently not required when using #switch, this because each #case automatically acts like it has a #break included.

Keep in mind that #break and #continue won't work with #loop or #forall, they will in the future though.

Fixed a bug with #read.

[Scandum]

Added #loop to the script tokenizer. Due to the peculiar way tintin worked in the past I had to change its behavior however. The new syntax is:

#loop {<min>} {<max>} {<var>} {commands}

For example:

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Added #else and #elseif statements to the script tokenizer.

Example:

[Scandum]

Using &<variable name> will report the variable's index number.

For example:

[Scandum]

#read and #write now work properly with nested variables.

Updated #list to work with the latest nesting code. Still have to remove old #list support.

#kill now takes an optional second argument, for example: #kill alias bla* which is the same as #unalias bla*

[Scandum]

No longer stripping spaces in verbatim mode.

Fixed up #list support to work fully (and only) with nested variables.

Old #list code may work, though parsing lists is more involved now.

Example:

[Scandum]

1) For now I've settled on changing the #loop syntax to:

[Scandum]

1) Added #write support for #loop and #foreach.

2) Added #foreach {list} {variable} {commands}

This is the replacement for #forall and you can use #break and #continue within it.

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1) Renamed #replacestring to #replace

2) All commands now use tintin regular expressions. Instead of * and ? use %* and %? - for perfect matches uses ^string$.

This change also affects the #regexp and #if commands.

3) #parse syntax is now: #parse {string} {variable} {commands} and can be interupted by the #break #continue and #return command.

These changes should be the last major ones for this beta.

[Scandum]

Improved verbatim behavior.

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Updated help files and fixed a bug with #elseif parsing and session switching.

Things seem to be fairly stable at the moment.

[titeuf]

This is just a small thing, but list fnd doesn't work with empty lists:

[Scandum]

Yeah, definitely needs to return 0. Fixed this for both the fnd and get option. Also fixed nested #break handling and an issue with variable handling for #loop #foreach and #parse.

I've updated the beta file, as I try to do with each update post in this topic.

To check if a variable exists use:

#if {&{variable}} {#showme exists}

This will work for both nested and unnested variables. To check if an unnested variable exists you can use: #if {"$variable" == "%.variable"} since "?variable" is no longer valid.

[Scandum]

Nested variables defined in the startup session are now inherited by new sessions.

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Lists in #map get exits {variable}, #script {var} {shell command}, and #format {variable} {%w} {string}, now create proper nested lists.

Triggers that don't contain a %0-%99 argument properly handle paranthesis () within braces(). As in: #act {Bubba {(stands|sits) (on a chair)} here} will assign %3 to 'on a chair'.

[titeuf]

[Scandum]

My mistake, should be downloadable now.

[Shaiith]

Quick question, is 1.99.7 beta more advanced than 1.99.6b2 ? I'm assuming the latter is a stepping stone to this codebase.

[Scandum]

The file at http://tintin.sourceforge.net/download/tintin-beta.tar.gz is generally the most advanced version when there's active beta testing, and it's what I typically refer to as the 1.99.7 beta.

1.99.6b2 is an official beta release of the 1.99.7 beta.