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[PhiLho]

Yes, the difficulty is to maintain a balance between size of file to include (loading 1MB to get one function is too much) and number of needed functions loaded at once.
Also it would need some authority to supervise this organization: I don't want PHP's confusing list of functions, where you have something like (non-real example) instr, str_reverse, strupcase, string_randomize. Ie. non consistency on function naming, making hard to do searches, to memorize, etc.
AutoHotkey is already pretty consistent on its naming convention (InStr is one of the exceptions, not a big problem), so we should stick to this convention.
Although I prefer to start my function names with a verb, here we should have a prefix by category. Call it poor man namespace...
That would give: StrReverse(), FileDiff(), ArrayInvert(), GdiDrawRect(), ProcessExist(), etc.

I am not fond of the idea of using the <> around the paths of the stdlib, like in C. Not in AHK spirit to avoid extra ponctuation. Maybe with a special include instruction:
#IncludeStd String Searches
#IncludeStd Array * ; We want all stdlib functions related to arrays!
A bit like Java's import instruction.
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[majkinetor]

About importing small number of functions from big collection of them, contrained in some general library, I am afraid that this must be supported by the language. AFAIK, even in C all things in external library are imported even if you include just one func. Delphi did it another way, so if you use single function from external unit, it will import only that one.


My syntax proposition is this:

[Chris]

Thanks for the ideas.

Although the syntax is more complicated than I'd hoped, maybe more people would prefer it that way. When the time comes and there's any doubt, we could have a poll to decide.

[majkinetor]

Well, if anybody can thought out any other syntax with the same functionality that is easier than this, I would like to hear it.

I don't think it is complex as you can always omit second parameter, so it basicly becomes generalised #include. This is similar to what you have with number of commands in ahk that have bunch of non mandatory parameters. It may seem complex when U provide syntax for it, but in reality it is not.

NOTE: I edited example list above to present it more natural (Complexity is increased with eatch next example )
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[Chris]

[majkinetor]

[JSLover]

[majkinetor]

This is not complete proposition, just an idea. Regular Expresssions or some other mechanism could help specifying function collection you want to add. For instance, if you have 1 big script containing all modules of stdlib:

#use Stdlib\String_* to import them all


Other alternative would be to include file with the set of functions you want

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http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8246&start=15

Any thoughts?

[JSLover]

[majkinetor]

lol
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