[Gambas-user] gb3: structure declaration not allowed in a different module

[Randall Morgan]

Couldn't you simply change this to a class with only properties and get the
functionality you're looking for?


On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Kevin Fishburne <
kevinfishburne at ...1887...> wrote:

> I had structure declarations running out of my eyes and ears across
> about 10 modules, so I decided to create a "Structures" module to
> contain them all. Here's an example:
>
> ' Gambas module file
>
> ' Structure module
>
> ' General declarations.
>
> ' Audio effect structure.
> Public Struct Audio_Effect  ' Structure containing one effect's data.
>   Sample As Sound     ' Waveform data (file).
>   Chan As Channel     ' Default channel to play on.
>   Current As Single   ' Current amplitude.
>   Target As Single    ' Target amplitude.
>   Scale As Single     ' Target amplitude multiplier.
>   Velocity As Single  ' Speed at which current amplitude is moving
> toward target amplitude.
> End Struct
>
> In the Audio module I'd have this:
>
> ' General declarations.
> Public Environment[16] As Struct Structures.Audio_Effect ' Environmental
> effects.
>
> When the array attempts creation I get an error saying that "Structures"
> wasn't a structure. It also fails if I don't specify the module name
> prefix.
>
> Why can't I create an array of structures in module A using a structure
> defined in module B? Is there some workaround other than moving all my
> structure definitions back into the modules which reference them?
>
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