[chuck-users] is 'string' a primitive type?

[Kiran O.V.]

Thanks a lot for the tip, Robin.

I am using a windows version of chuck that is less than a month old. So I
guess, your patch isn't committed.

Thanks again!

Regards
Kiran


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Robin Haberkorn <
robin.haberkorn at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Mhh, I was even using static string references directly:
>
> https://github.com/rhaberkorn/digitale-debutanten/blob/master/lib/SampOsc.ck#L5
>
> turns out, I submitted a patch for this last year...
>
>
> https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/pipermail/chuck-dev/2012-September/000443.html
>
> So if you're using the latest version, the patch still isn't upstream.
>
>
> 2013/10/23 Robin Haberkorn <robin.haberkorn at googlemail.com>:
> > Hi!
> >
> > If I recall correctly, this was indeed a bug in ChucK's codebase, but
> it's been
> > a while since I looked at it.
> >
> > As a workaround you may do the following:
> >
> > public class A
> > {
> >     static string @a[];
> > }
> > ["Hello world"] @=> A.a;
> >
> > Then you should be able to access the string as A.a[0] since member "a"
> will
> > be an array reference (which is not considered primitive).
> > I've used such static string arrays in my code.
> >
> > Also wrapping the string in a class (or even deriving from string?) may
> work.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Robin
> >
> >
> > 2013/10/22 Kiran O.V. <kiranov1986 at gmail.com>:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> When I click 'add shred' with the following code:
> >>
> >> public class A
> >> {
> >>     static string a;
> >> }
> >>
> >> it throws following message:
> >>
> >> [*unnamed1]:line(3): cannot declare static non-primitive objects
> (yet)...
> >> [*unnamed1]:line(3): ...(hint: declare as ref (@) & initialize outside
> for
> >> now)
> >>
> >> as if string is non-primitive.
> >>
> >> And when I follow the suggestion and use a ref
> >>
> >> public class A
> >> {
> >>     static string @ a;
> >> }
> >>
> >> it throws the following message:
> >>
> >> [*unnamed1]:line(3): cannot declare references (@) of primitive type
> >> 'string'...
> >> [*unnamed1]:line(3): ...(primitive types: 'int', 'float', 'time', 'dur')
> >>
> >> as if string is a primitive type.
> >>
> >> Is it a code limitation or am I doing something wrong?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >> Kiran
> >>
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