why does this use BJs?

[tml616]

set udg_temp_real = LoadRealBJ(StringHashBJ("damage"), GetHandleIdBJ(GDD_DamagedUnit), udg_H_BRS_Challenge)

Is there a way to make this not use BJs and do the same thing?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Yes, you rewite it so it uses the natives the BJ functions call.

It uses BJs cause you wrote it in crappy GUI. Like I said you can just use the natives instead of the BJs and due to logic it will work the same.

 

[PurgeandFire]

set udg_temp_real = LoadReal(udg_H_BRS_Challenge,GetHandleId(GDD_DamagedUnit),StringHash("damage"))

 

[tml616]

so the non BJ version goes:

handle(parent, child, key)

and the BJ version goes:

handle(key, child, parent)

Is this true for all handles (reals, integers, units, groups, locations, effects) stored as hashtable keys?

 

[Cweener]

i believe so, because BJ's are pretty much just natives backwards, in every case I've seen.

 

[Cokemonkey11]

Not exactly, many BJ's do a lot more than just invert the variables taken.

You should be using JNGP so you have a function list.

 

[Bribe]

Or do what I do and have a spare copy of blizzard.j and common.j as files so that you can do a quick Ctrl+F within them.

I find that millions easier than the crappy GUI-library that is the "function list".

 

[Dr Super Good]

Just look at the BJ function decleration.... It reveals all.

 

[Bribe]

Notice the really fun function that they kick this off with:

//***************************************************************************
//*
//*  General Utility Functions
//*  These functions exist purely to make the trigger dialogs cleaner and
//*  more comprehensible.
//*
//***************************************************************************
//===========================================================================
function DoNothing takes nothing returns nothing
endfunction

They should've just kicked off the entire blizzard.j file with that statement.

 

[Berb]

Bribe, how on earth do you find searching a text file easier than simply typing the function you're looking for into the function list. Both would produce the exact same result, the function list being easier to navigate through because if you type "unit" it will give you an entire list of functions with the word "unit" in it, rather than specifying the exact name (if you don't know).

In terms of BJs, the only reason it is shunned upon is because calling functions is a slow process, and calling functions that call other functions (when the middle-man can be eliminated) produces unnecessary function calls which will slow your code down.

 

[Anachron]

They should've just kicked off the entire blizzard.j file with that statement.

The only reason for that thing is that you have something to chose in a one-line IF-THEN-ELSE struct.