[Gambas-user] gb3: converting structures to classes

[Randall Morgan]

Actually, a Structure is a methodless class.



On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Kevin Fishburne <
kevinfishburne at ...1887...> wrote:

> On 02/06/2012 11:35 PM, nando wrote:
> > Quite easy.
> > Here's a suggestion/example
> >
> >
> >
> > Make a class called Tune...
> > ...Dim a bunch of privates for values (name, artist, date, genre)
> > ...Write SUBs for things to do with Tunes
> >
> >
> > In FMain...
> > PUBLIC Tunes AS Object[]
> >
> >
> >
> > In a SUB somewhere...
> > Dim newTune as NEW Tune( possible constructor information if you want)
> >
> > Tunes.Add( newTune)
> >
> > ---
> >
> > As long as Tunes[] points to class instances of Tune, they remain
> existing.
> >
> >
> > -Fernando
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: Kevin Fishburne<kevinfishburne at ...1887...>
> > To: gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Sent: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:58:46 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] gb3: converting structures to classes
> >
> >> On 02/06/2012 09:36 AM, nando wrote:
> >>> I am doing the same thing.
> >>> Using class in place of structures.
> >>> Then arrays or collections of the classes.
> >>> Works great!
> >>>
> >> What are the general steps to do such a thing? How do you declare a
> >> class, define its properties, then create an array of the class? I'm
> >> starting to think it may be more complicated (or at least different)
> >> than with structures.
> >>
>
> Looks like a class is a structure with optional methods attached to
> procedures instead of just assignable properties. I'll play around with
> it and see if I can reproduce the structures as per your example. There
> should be a super simple project somewhere to show how classes work on a
> basic level. This is BASIC, so one can't presume people know what
> classes are. Thanks, classes look like they could be very useful.
>
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