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[Inverness]

I've been scripting for quite awhile and I don't know what the *bleep* ECMAScript is. I doubt anyone knew to coding would either.

I even dislike the syntax of the example you provided. I think catchevent() works just fine and should be expanded to work with scripted events with a function throwevent() or so.

Script A:

PHP Code:

function doSomething() {
  //stuff
  throwevent(this.name, "DidSomething", params...);
} 


Script B:

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  this.catchevent("System", "DidSomething", "SystemDidSomething");
}
function onSystemDidSomething(params...) {
  //stuff
} 


[Robin]

Originally Posted by Inverness

I've been scripting for quite awhile and I don't know what the *bleep* ECMAScript is. I doubt anyone knew to coding would either.

ECMAScript is the standard that:

• JavaScript
• JScript (IE)
• JScript.NET
• ActionScript

Are based on.

Are you trying to say you've never come across any of these technologies?

That anyone knew to coding has not either?

Also @ Skyld:

function prototyping doesn't seem to work with gui events, but the rest of your examples do. Strange.

[Inverness]

Originally Posted by Robin

Are you trying to say you've never come across any of these technologies?

Heard of them, and thats it, never used them. However, that doesn't actually matter (IMO) because we could do what you're suggesting by adding a throwevent() function to work with the existing catchevent() without changing the format that its used in.