Re: [Xotcl] Send NULL arg to Class constructor

From: Gustaf Neumann <neumann_at_wu-wien.ac.at>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:24:42 +0200

Colin Ross schrieb:
>
> There are potentially 2 ways around this, however, I am unable to find
> information on if either of them are possible:
>
> 1. Allow the passing in of a NULL argument
>
One can call arbitrary methods via configure. You just have just to provide
your own method to handle such a cases, as the default parameter handling
expect always exactly one argument.

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::xotcl::Class Connect -parameter {
    {ssh}
    {ip}
}
Connect instproc telnet {} {
  my set telnet true
}
Connect instproc init {node args} {
  my instvar telnet ip

  # provide a default
  if {![info exists telnet]} {
    set telnet false
  }

  puts telnet=$telnet
  # ....
}

Connect dev node -ip "127.0.0.1" -telnet
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> 1. Prevent the constructor parsing args so that I can parse my own
>
This is as well an option:

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::xotcl::Class Connect

Connect instproc configure args {
  #
  puts stderr "wanna interpret $args"
  #
  # do what ever you want to do with the arguments.....
  #
}
Connect dev node -ip "127.0.0.1" -telnet
==========================


All the best
-gustaf neumann