Request for Implementation:

As stated in the manual, variables cannot contain a period '.', however, the period is valid for function names. This leads to an inconsistency since it is valid to create a function Class.Function() and call this function from KiXtart. However, this function cannot return a result since the variable $Class.Function is not a valid variable name.

I therefore propose to allow the period as part of a variable name in order to facilitate pseudo-object-oriented functions.

Alternatively, if it is impossible to implement, the functions names must not be allowed to contain periods in order to achieve naming consistency.

Desired implementation:
code:
$hours=Time.GetHours(@TIME)

function Time.GetHours($time)
  Dim $splittime

  $splittime = split($time,':')

  $Time.GetHours = $splittime[0]
endfunction
This implementation would also enable KiXtart to support some kind of CLASS structure further down the development road, e.g. mimicking the Visual Basic class structures.

[ 06. September 2002, 16:05: Message edited by: sealeopard ]
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