Hey, I've been implementing some scripting using angelscript [and it's really been a pleasure to work with] and have come up to the point that I need to convert between types. Now, this is relatively trivial for defined types, where you can simply register an assignment operator. However, I can't seem to register any assignment operators for the intrinsic types - my test was with "int" but it all works if I register a type "sint" and use that instead. Is it possible to define behaviors for the intrinsic types, or am I doing something wrong? I figure that I can use a conversion function, but it would be nice if I could just use equals. I read in the changelog? that improved implicit and explicit casting is somewhere in the books, but the version that I'm using is [slightly] modified from the original and as such I think it's quite old. I know I really should get a newer version, but the one that I'm using has worked fine so far, so unless there's a reason [that I hit] to upgrade it's on the backburner for the moment. My question is, will updating help me; am I doing something wrong; or should I just make my own conversion functions which aren't registered as assignment operators? Thanks in advance, CJM

Hey,

Thanks, I'll probably just end up either creating a global conversion function which I call manually, or redefining all of the primitive types that I use for all of my functions and putting in assignment operators for those.

[For those who were interested, the reason that I was wanting it was for my console variables, which automagically do other stuff when you change their value, like if you change the data part (an external pointer) of "Var<bool> consoleVisible" to false, the system automatically hides the console and runs all associated stuff. The problem was allowing functions such as "void func(bool)" to access the boolean within the variable. I currently have to use "func(consoleVisible.value())" which is no big issue but it does keep reminding the scriptwriter that it isn't actually a boolean after all.]

Needless to say though, AngelScript is IMO _the best_ scripting system out there [mainly because it's typed and I can more or less put unchanged C code in there and have it work]. Thanks for the reply, and keep up the great work.

CJM