[Gambas-user] Using special method _unknown for object properties

[Benoît Minisini]

>    To the group:
>       Here is my problem.  I need to use the "_unknown" special function to
>    simulate object methods and properties at runtime.  I coded an
> "_unknown" method in a class called DITEM  If ditem is an instance of
> DITEM and I refer to ditem.A() where A is NOT a method in DITEM,
> everything works fine.  My "_unknown" method gets called and I can
> retrieve the arguments (if there are any) and handle the reference just
> fine.  I was expecting that I could also use this for properties.  In this
> case, I would expect to make a reference to ditem.b (such as PRINT
> ditem.b) and my _unknown method would again be called with the value of
> isProperty being true and I could process the reference dynamically. 
> Well, as I said, the first instance (the method call) works just fine. 
> The second case does not.  When I refer to ditem.b, my  _unknown  method
> NEVER gets called, so I can't process the illegal reference.  What I DO
> get is (function ?) printed on the console.  Is this a bug in Gambas, or
> am I doing it wrong?  If the former, is it a bug in all versions, or just
> some (I am running 2.19)?  Does it work in Gambas3?  I really need to find
> a fix for this before I can proceed with a big port. Thanks
>    gwalborn

It works in Gambas 3, but I'm afraid I cannot backport the fix to Gambas 2...

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini