[General] Z Offset leak ?

[halleylight]

Hi everyone,

You know, in trigger actions there are some that has a "Z offset" as one of their parameters. Does this cause leaks and if yes, how do I store it into a point variable ?

Thanks a lot !

 

[Anvil]

Z offset refers to Height, it's a real value. I don't think that creates leak. Anyway, what function is it? You can store it in a Real Variable.

 

[halleylight]

One that comes to my mind at the moment is floating text. I'm really hesitated when using the Z offset, because I'm afraid without storing it into a point variable, it would cause leak. I hope that's not the case.

Thank you for the answer, Anvil !

 

[Hashjie]

Only handles can be the cause of leaks.

All handle types from common.j

//============================================================================
// Native types. All native functions take extended handle types when
// possible to help prevent passing bad values to native functions
//
type agent              extends     handle  // all reference counted objects
type event              extends     agent  // a reference to an event registration
type player             extends     agent  // a single player reference
type widget             extends     agent  // an interactive game object with life
type unit               extends     widget  // a single unit reference
type destructable       extends     widget
type item               extends     widget
type ability            extends     agent
type buff               extends     ability
type force              extends     agent
type group              extends     agent
type trigger            extends     agent
type triggercondition   extends     agent
type triggeraction      extends     handle
type timer              extends     agent
type location           extends     agent
type region             extends     agent
type rect               extends     agent
type boolexpr           extends     agent
type sound              extends     agent
type conditionfunc      extends     boolexpr
type filterfunc         extends     boolexpr
type unitpool           extends     handle
type itempool           extends     handle
type race               extends     handle
type alliancetype       extends     handle
type racepreference     extends     handle
type gamestate          extends     handle
type igamestate         extends     gamestate
type fgamestate         extends     gamestate
type playerstate        extends     handle
type playerscore        extends     handle
type playergameresult   extends     handle
type unitstate          extends     handle
type aidifficulty       extends     handle

type eventid            extends     handle
type gameevent          extends     eventid
type playerevent        extends     eventid
type playerunitevent    extends     eventid
type unitevent          extends     eventid
type limitop            extends     eventid
type widgetevent        extends     eventid
type dialogevent        extends     eventid
type unittype           extends     handle

type gamespeed          extends     handle
type gamedifficulty     extends     handle
type gametype           extends     handle
type mapflag            extends     handle
type mapvisibility      extends     handle
type mapsetting         extends     handle
type mapdensity         extends     handle
type mapcontrol         extends     handle
type playerslotstate    extends     handle
type volumegroup        extends     handle
type camerafield        extends     handle
type camerasetup        extends     handle
type playercolor        extends     handle
type placement          extends     handle
type startlocprio       extends     handle
type raritycontrol      extends     handle
type blendmode          extends     handle
type texmapflags        extends     handle
type effect             extends     agent
type effecttype         extends     handle
type weathereffect      extends     handle
type terraindeformation extends     handle
type fogstate           extends     handle
type fogmodifier        extends     agent
type dialog             extends     agent
type button             extends     agent
type quest              extends     agent
type questitem          extends     agent
type defeatcondition    extends     agent
type timerdialog        extends     agent
type leaderboard        extends     agent
type multiboard         extends     agent
type multiboarditem     extends     agent
type trackable          extends     agent
type gamecache          extends     agent
type version            extends     handle
type itemtype           extends     handle
type texttag            extends     handle
type attacktype         extends     handle
type damagetype         extends     handle
type weapontype         extends     handle
type soundtype          extends     handle
type lightning          extends     handle
type pathingtype        extends     handle
type image              extends     handle
type ubersplat          extends     handle
type hashtable          extends     agent

A real is not a handle.

 

[ap0calypse]

Points in warcraft are 2-dimensional, you can use any height you want for a location and it doesn't leak (because no new location is created, it just adds a height to an already-existing point).
So Anvil did think correctly .