Graal Forums - Universal class

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Perhaps it would be interesting to make a universal class, joined by every object...

Such would allow functions such as these:

PHP Code:


		
			
public function isNumeric()

  {

  if ( this.objectType() != "TGraalVar" )

    return false;



  // Missing count .'s [ 1.2.25 != Numeric, but still passes this Numeric check]

  for ( i = 0; i < this.length(); i ++ )

    if ( !(this.substring(i,1) in {"1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","0","."} ))

      return false;



  return true;

  }

Maybe name the class 'global', 'universal', or... Maybe have it based on the Object Type?

TGraalVar would join class TGraalVar... TStaticVar would join class TStaticVar?

Maybe make an init phase so that you could do something like:

PHP Code:


		
			
class TStaticVar:



function onClassJoined()

  {

  join( "TGraalVar" );

  }

OR! Make it follow the Object Tree given in:
http://wiki.graal.net/index.php/Crea...F_Object_Types

Example:

GuiArrayControl would join classes:
GuiArrayControl, GuiControl, and TGraalVar

Joining classes means some overhead in the execution of scripts (and more network traffic since it needs to tell the clients when an object joins a class). You can let the objects join those classes manually though?

Nice idea, but, is there really a point?

Adding more functions to the client itself.

If they all add a class ( of set name ) to every single thing, wouldn't it be mundane to tell it joined a class that it is already aware that it would join it no matter what?

Briefly: If they joined a predefined name, it wouldn't need to tell it joined that class, because everything joins it. ( so they can consider they joined the universal class(es) without actually telling everyone about it )