Pass-by-reference?

[deltamatrix]

Hi,

Sorry if this has already been asked but does AGS support pass-by-reference for primitives? I have some code that would look far cleaner and more concise if any form of pass-by-reference was supported.

Thanks

Delta

[Calin Leafshade]

nope, fraid not.

you can only pass built in objects (Character, GUI, etc)  by reference.

[deltamatrix]

dang. I hope the open-source devs do consider it. This means I gotta bulk up the src with repeated code.

[Denzil Quixode]

Closest thing I could think of: you could try "boxing" values by placing them in a 1-length dynamic array and passing that:

Code: ags

function change(int thing[])
{
  thing[0] = 20;
}

function test()
{
  int thing[] = new int[1];
  thing[0] = 10;
  change(thing);
  Display("%d", thing[0]);
}