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Classname in an Object: Okay to rename?

by Demolishun · in Torque 3D Professional · 12/17/2011 (1:02 am) · 2 replies

So I have this code:
new SimObject(TestNS){
    className = TestNS;
};
new SimObject(TestNS2:TestNS){    
};
new SimObject(TestNS3:TestNS2){    
};
new SimObject(TestNS4:TestNS3){    
};
function TestNS::runtcb(%this){
    echo("test function");
}
TestNS.runtcb();
echo(TestNS.getClassNamespace());
TestNS2.runtcb();
echo(TestNS2.getClassNamespace());
TestNS3.runtcb();
echo(TestNS3.getClassNamespace());
TestNS4.runtcb();
echo(TestNS4.getClassNamespace());
When it executes I get this error: "Error: cannot change namespace parent linkage of TestNS from SimObject to TestNS".

The following functions run fine and every object inherits the name space of TestNS. So is this a bad idea? My main purpose for running this code is to test namespace functionality with regards to callbacks created using "Con::addCommand". The runtcb function works fine either defined like above or from a C++ callback. This is one of those areas of TS I just don't quite grasp.
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    Torque Owner Daniel Buckmaster
    T3D Steering Committee
    #1
    12/17/2011 (3:03 am)
    I don't entirely understand what you're doing, but the error you're getting is due to the object's name and className being the same. An object's name is also its lowest-level namespace - so in this example:
    new SimObject(TestObject)
{
   className = "SomeClass"
};
    The class hierarchy of TestObject looks like TestObject->SomeClass->SimObject->...
    (At least, that's the way it used to work... I hope it still works this way in T3D ;P)

    Does that help at all?'

    EDIT: Changed example a bit to avoid confusion with Frank's example.

    Torque Owner Demolishun
    DemolishunConsulting Rocks!
    #2
    12/17/2011 (4:26 am)
    @dB,
    Okay, you solved something that has bothered me for a while. It never even dawned on me that the classname would collide with the object name. That makes a lot of sense.

    I renamed my first object TestNS1 and after that it did not care if I changed the classname to TestNS. Ahh, the little caveats of a very forgiving scripting language.

    Thanks for your help.