Dynamic ForGroup and GroupEnumUnits solutions.

[Sooda]

I would like to know what people use when they want to manipulate with function when using ForGroup or GroupEnumUnits natives. You can' t directly add arguments nor refer to them somehow.
I haven' t encountered need to do so until now. Goal is that it would be MUI. What solutions there are so far ?

 

[Waaaaagh]

A 0.00 Timer with a group attached that calls your ForGroup function.

Of course, what I usually do is just loop through the group where the ForGroup function would be.

 

[substance]

timer, wtf?

just use a temp global.

 

[Waaaaagh]

Mehk HAM!

Doesn't ForGroup start a new thread? Or did I imagine that...

Da best way to do this is TEXTMACRO-INLINING.

 

[Sim]

Well, do you really need that ForGroup call?

If not, loop through the group. You can take as many arguments as you want

 

[Tom Jones]

Doesn't ForGroup start a new thread? Or did I imagine that...

ForGroup() callback functions is executed within the thread. That's why you can't have waits in ForGroup() callback functions.

 

[Sooda]

> just use a temp global.

How instant would be using globals ? Can' t they be overwritten by new values if new function runs ?

> A 0.00 Timer with a group attached that calls your ForGroup function.

attached ? Sounds like a system ? What system I need to use for that ?

> If not, loop through the group. You can take as many arguments as you want

You mean our old trusted FirstOfGroup loop ?

 

[phyrex1an]

Can' t they be overwritten by new values if new function runs ?

Only if you have a wait in the ForGroup callback, and since that it impossible to have you don't have to worry. ForGroup + globals is safe and faster than a FirstOfGroup loop, and ForGroup doesn't empty the group as FirstOfGroup loop does.

 

[Sooda]

phyrex1an, thanks. Your info really helped me.

 

[Sooda]

Only if you have a wait in the ForGroup callback, and since that it impossible to have you don't have to worry. ForGroup + globals is safe and faster than a FirstOfGroup loop, and ForGroup doesn't empty the group as FirstOfGroup loop does.

Does that apply to boolexpr also ?

 

[SFilip]

filter from GroupEnumUnits*? Yeah, it does.