thistype(0)

[PurgeandFire]

I was looking through T32 and saw this:

            local thistype this=thistype(0).next

What does the "(0)" part do, what is its significance?

Thanks.

 

[jig7c]

probably should just send a PM to J4L...
you might get your answer quicker like that.. me thinks

 

[13lade619]

probably some operator J4 made.
or probably typecasting 0 to thistype.

idk, i dont have WE open

 

[Azlier]

thistype(0) is a struct instance that is never allocated but can still be (ab)used. T32 (ab)uses it to get around doing a single subtraction or something.

 

[kingkingyyk3]

thistype(0) is a head of linked list.

 

[Romek]

You may or may not know that structs are just parallel arrays.
The indices are allocated from 1 to 8190, yet arrays actually start at 0.
Structs use '0' as a 'null' struct.

[ljass]StructName(index)[/ljass] returns the struct with the given index. As Azlier said, 0 is never allocated, but can still be used.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Ok, thanks everyone for the help. =)