Constant Problem

05-14-2007, 06:09 PM	#1
Silvenon	Can I put this in the map header: JASS: globals constant unit u = gg_unit_U001_0000 //A unit that's already on the map endglobals and then using it in triggers so I don't have to write gg_unit_U001_0000 all the time? Or if that doesn't work, is there a way to do it? EDIT: It works for strings, but I don't think it works for units

05-14-2007, 06:23 PM

SFilip

You can use a preprocessor (JassHelper, though you might want to see newgen instead) and make that possible. The preprocessor can move your global declarations to the globals block at the beginning of the script which is the only place you can actually define them.
The alternate solution, what a lot of people do, would be something like

JASS:

constant function myunit takes nothing returns unit
    return gg_unit_U001_0000
endfunction

This way you can simply use myunit() instead of gg_unit_U001_0000. In addition Vexorian's map optimizer will replace (inline) these myunit()s with gg_unit_U001_0000 to make the execution faster.

05-15-2007, 05:43 AM	#3
Silvenon	Thanks a lot, I think I'll use the alternate method (but I have JassNewGenPack) Why does it work for strings and not for units?