I'm starting to play with AS and I have a question about contexts. My understanding of contexts is limited, and I was assuming that contexts were independent of each other, so that if the same script code was executed, the global variables could hold different values in different contexts. Let me explain quickly. Here's a simple script:

int x = 0;
void test()
{
  x++;
  Print(x);
}

Now in C++, I declare two contexts:

int func = pEngine->GetFunctionIDByDecl("dummy", "void test()");

asIScriptContext *ctx1 = pEngine->CreateContext();
res = ctx1->Prepare(func);
res = ctx1->Execute();
ctx1->Release();

asIScriptContext *ctx2 = pEngine->CreateContext();
res = ctx2->Prepare(func);
res = ctx2->Execute();
ctx2->Release();

The execute() call of ctx1 will print x with a value of 1, as expected. Now when I create the second context, I'm expecting x to be reset to 0, and the execute() call of ctx2 to display x with a value of 1 too. But it displays a value of 2, like if variables values were shared between contexts. Is this the expected behavior ? If so, is there any way to make the variables context dependent ? Thanks.. Y.

Andreas,

Thanks for your fast answer. I'm evaluating AS for a project different than Infinity (work related), but it will also serve as a study case to see if I can apply to Infinity.

I've been following AS's development for some time now, mostly lurking. I'm impressed by the quality of the lib so far, and the amount of dedication and support you've given to it, especially since it's all free. The fact that the project has been started many years ago (how long now ? 4?) and is still very active is one of the key points that lead me to seriously evaluate it.

Back on topic: yeah, I understand now. I also realized what I'm trying to achieve could be done with modules, by registering the same source code to modules of different names. I'm a bit worried of the build time with this approach though, as the idea is that modules would be assigned dynamically to different entities. Have you done any study on compilation times ? My scripts won't be too complicated initially, maybe a few hundred lines at most..

I wasn't aware you could call class methods from C++. The doc seems to be a bit lacking in that area (btw, more examples in the docs would be welcome, I spent hours to register my Vector3D class :)). I'm not sure if it will help though, but I will play with the idea next monday. Thanks!

Y.

And when calling "createScriptObject" from C++, is it possible to pass arguments to the constructor or does it only work with the default constructor ? If it's possible, how ? If not, I might have to delegate the construction to a "create" method.. Thanks,

Y.