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[zola]

Hi all Is it possible to implicitely convert values (int, float, double) to bstr in angelscript? If not, this would be a nice feature to add in next versions so we could write the following int i=5; float pi=3.14; bstr msg="Hi i="+i+" pi="+pi; I know I could add some conversion functions myselfe, but if it''s already there... regards Tom

[Andreas Jonsson]

There is no implicit conversion to bstr. However you can easily add it by registering operator behaviour for the bstr type that take int and bstr (and float, etc).

Here''s a sample function for formatting an int to a bstr:

asBSTR bstrFormatInt(int number)
{
	acCString str;
	str.Format("%d", number);

	// We must allocate a new bstr that the script engine will free afterwards

	asBSTR bstr = asBStrAlloc(str.GetLength());

	memcpy(bstr, str, str.GetLength());

	return bstr;
}

It is a useful feature you ask for, but AngelScript will not come with it built-in. Instead I will release some code with functions for registering useful functions and operators for the bstr type. Version 1.8.0 will even remove the built-in bstr type, so that each application can register their own string type (or use the code I''ll release on the side to register the same bstr type).



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[zola]

Thank You for the quick reply.

I have made a class for string conversion with lots of overloaded static functions but i can''t find the correct way of registering them.

class StringConverter{
static asBSTR toString(int i);
static asBSTR toString(float f);
static asBSTR toString(Vector3& v);
// ...
}

I tried registering with:

engine->RegisterGlobalFunction(
"bstr toString(float f)",
asFUNCTION( (asBSTR (StringConverter::toString)(float) ) ),
asCALL_CDECL);

but I always end up with errors

CBindingsAngelScript.h(128) : error C2440: ''type cast'' : cannot convert from ''overloaded-function'' to ''unsigned char *''

I''m simply no function pointer expert

Any help is highly appreciated.

Thanks
Tom

[zola]

Yeah. It''s always the same.
I post something in a forum and 5 minutes later I find the answer myself
So, sorry for the spamming...

In case anyone is interested the correct way of registering overloaded static functions is:

engine->RegisterGlobalFunction(
"bstr toString(float f)",
asFUNCTION( (asBSTR (*)(float)) StringConverter::toString ),
asCALL_CDECL);

engine->RegisterGlobalFunction(
"bstr toString(int i)",
asFUNCTION( (asBSTR (*)(int)) StringConverter::toString ),
asCALL_CDECL);

cheers
Tom