their XML wrapper/animation file. They can access their /ai/models node
via cmdarg() function. Example:
<nasal>
<load>
print("Hi, I'm the Nimitz. My data are under ",
cmdarg().getPath());
</load>
<unload>
...
</unload>
</nasal>
Note, however, that the <unload> block is only called on exit at the moment,
not when the tile is unloaded.
Nasal now supports calls to "subcontexts" and errors can be thrown
across them, leading to complete stack traces when call() is used,
instead of the truncated ones we now see.
Vectors can now be concatenated using the ~ operator that used to work
only for strings.
Better runtime error messages in general due to a fancier
naRuntimeError() implementation
A big data size shrink on 64 bit systems; the size of a naRef dropped
by a factor of two.
"Braceless code blocks" have been added to the parser, so you can
write expressions like "if(a) b();" just like in C. Note that there's
still a parser bug in there that fails when you nest a braced block
within a braceless one.
Character constants that appear in Nasal source code can now be
literal multibyte UTF8 characters (this was always supported for
string literals, but character constants were forced to be a single
byte).
New modules: "bits", "thread", "utf8" and (gulp...) "io". The bits
library might be useful to FlightGear, the utf8 one probably not as
Plib does not support wide character text rendering. The thread
library will work fine for spawning threads to do Nasal stuff, but
obviously contact with the rest of FlightGear must be
hand-synchronized as FlightGear isn't threadsafe. The io library is
no doubt the most useful, as it exposes all the basic stdio.h
facilities; it's also frighteningly dangerous when combined with
networked code...
done for performance reasons, but print() should be able to output any
valid string, and when SG_LOG uses strings and streams already, then we
can use that here, too. (Not discussed with Andy yet.)
before the property tree is stored away for reinit, so the signal would
be emitted again on reset.
- fix inconsistent style that sneaked in with a previous patch
in $FG_ROOT/Nasal/* were loaded and executed, and thus all Nasal library
functions are available. This was in the past only done with settimer(..., 0),
constructions, but suchlike triggered timer functions are executed
*after* aircraft specific Nasal files were loaded, so they can't be
used for internal library initialization, where e.g. props.Node() is
already needed.
value on a property. This becomes a NaN when converted to a numeric
value, which then percolated into the C++ world where it ultimately
caused a crash in YASim's turbulence code. While converting nil to
NaN isn't *strictly* wrong, it's dangerous for this reason. Toss a
Nasal exception instead. Hopefully this won't break too much
preexisting code.
maintainable. The rules are simple (extension functions are called
*with* the lock, which must be dropped before calling naCall(), which
grabs it) but the tracking of when the lock was held was getting a
little confused. Keep a "nasal call depth" count in the subsystem to
figure out whether we are making a sub-call and thus hold the lock.
with an invalid path, as in getprop("/sim/model/737") or x.getNode("f:1").
Forward sg's error message to the Nasal runtime error function instead, so
you get something like:
Nasal runtime error: name must begin with alpha or '_'
at /home/m/fgfs/Base.local/Nasal/props.nas, line 30
Unfortunately, the location points to the line where the ghost wrapper
sits, rather than the offending script line.
used in dialog.cxx to allow XML dialogs access to their own prop tree via
Nasal's cmdarg(). That way dialogs can generate dynamic content, such as
list entries.
This isn't the case if the model is destroyed on fgfs exit. To make <unload>
work under these circumstances, one would have to reorder subsystem removal,
but this doesn't seem overly useful, so we'll do it when we really need it.
implement FGNasalModelData class for execution of XML <load> and <unload>
scripts. modelLoaded() is called by the model loader, and the destructor
on branch removal.
modelmgr.cxx:
tilemgr.cxx:
tileentry.[ch]xx:
make scenery and custom objects run their Nasal scripts on loading
and unloading. Let OBJECT_STATIC object not be cached.
or write to the color properties in /sim/screen/. If this Nasal/GUI
implementation turns out to be too slow, we'll write a generic OpenGL/plib
version simliar to the ATCdisplay code. (OK'ed by Andy and Stuart)
- Provide a Nasal interface to display simple text messages on the screen
like the ATC display. In fact, I copied the code from the ATCDisplay.cxx
and simply shifted it further down the screen.
Erik:
TODO: Integrate the two pieces of code.
replaced with efficient listener callbacks. One use is the new FPS display.
This is reviewed and OK'ed by Andy, relatively trivial and separated from
the rest of Nasal, so problems are quite unlikely and confined to users of
this function.
The callback is executed whenever the property is written to -- even if
the value didn't change. The triggering Node is available via cmdarg().
Examples: _setlistener("/sim/crashed", func {print("haha!")});
_setlistener("/foo/bar", func { print(cmdarg().getPath() ~ " changed")})
to pop themselves down while the simulator is paused.
The problem was with the "real time" queue in the event manager,
causing the third argument of Nasal's settimer() (a flag for "sim
time") to be ignored. Inverts the default sense of the argument, as
there are lots of uses of settimer() in the current code, almost none
of which want to use real time.
Note this fix introduces a header file incompatibility in SimGear --
be sure to update.
