[Gambas-user] How to extend the String[] class ??

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 23/11/2023 à 14:02, Benoît Minisini a écrit :
> Le 23/11/2023 à 12:32, BB a écrit :
>> On 23/11/23 8:53 pm, Gianluigi wrote:
>>
>>> Il 23/11/23 10:58, Martín ha scritto:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I wan to extend the String[] class, I wan to add a method to remove 
>>>> all the strings where its length = 0
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Martin
>>>
>>> Something like that?:
>>> [...]
>>>
>> Yes that will work but it doesn't extend the String[] class.
>>
>> I have not been successful trying the same. The native[] classes seem 
>> to be a bit different.
>>
>> b
>>
> 
> You can't create a class in the IDE with the "[]" characters in the 
> name, so you can't extend the "String[]" class.
> 
> "[]" in a class name is a bit special. "String[]" is a normal class, 
> but, for example, "Collection[]" or "String[][]" is an array of a normal 
> class. It's a normal class, except that it is automatically created at 
> runtime the first time you use it.
> 
> So allowing "[]" in a class name may lead to some problems at the 
> moment. I must think about that.
> 
> But you can use normal class name for inheriting "String[]", it should 
> work.
> 
> Regards,
> 

In the last commit, I allowed class names to be the name of a native 
datatype array ("String[]", "Integer[]", "Byte[]"...).

But arrays of explicit objects (for example "Collection[]") is still 
forbidden, as it does not work at the moment.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini.