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AppGameKit Classic Chat / **Sigh** Oh the joys of programming with C++.

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ThrOtherJoJo
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2012 21:46 Edited at: 4th Dec 2012 01:36
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I have forgotten how programming in C++ can be a pain sometimes.
I spent the last two hours trying to figure out why my program doesn't work anymore.

Turns out that I forgot to include the braces around the last else block.
The compiler didn't even catch this mistake.



This little piece of code cause the agk functions to not register.
Functions like agk::GetPointerPressed(), agk::GetSpriteHit(), etc.


Don't mistake this for a complaint, just sharing, but I understand a little bit better why some people don't bother with C/C++ and program in basic.

Nevertheless, I continue the grind. Why? Because it's a love and hate relationship.
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Hodgey
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2012 22:04
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Which compiler are you using? Xcode won't let me do that.

Quote: "I understand a little bit better why some people don't bother with C/C++ and program in basic."

I've been burned by BASIC a few times (and C++ too) but C++ is growing on me. I like the referencing and OOP properties.

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Ancient Lady
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2012 23:24
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I was able to do things with my (hopefully) soon to be published app that I never would have been able to if I hadn't converted it to Tier 2 (after getting sick of seemingly random errors caused by using strings).

I was able to create a nice level editor for the game and if/when I add more 'things' to it (future versions), it is relatively easy to add new game_obj_<something> as derived objects based on game_obj_base which handles all the common, core initialization from file bits, and other stuff.

I much prefer C++ over basic. But, then I've been programming for a long time.

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Ancient Lady
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ThrOtherJoJo
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2012 23:31
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Quote: "Which compiler are you using? Xcode won't let me do that. "


I'm using VS2008.

@Ancient Lady

I like C++ too, especially the opportunities that come with it.
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Ancient Lady
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2012 23:39
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Yup, std::string is one of the good ones. Then you have std::list and its friends.

And I love making functions/classes that do all the string formatting bits for me.

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JimHawkins
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Take the semicolon out after the {} second braces and try it!

You've got a single line comment-out inside a brace pair. Not good!

Just a thought.

-- Jim DO IT FASTER, EASIER AND BETTER WITH AppGameKit FOR PASCAL
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ThrOtherJoJo
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Posted: 4th Dec 2012 01:44
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Quote: "
Take the semicolon out after the {} second braces and try it!

You've got a single line comment-out inside a brace pair. Not good!

Just a thought.
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Yeah, Yeah. You right. So I've fix the post above.
What happen was instead of copying and pasting, I've typed up a quick example when posting.
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Dar13
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Quote: "Yup, std::string is one of the good ones. Then you have std::list and its friends.

And I love making functions/classes that do all the string formatting bits for me."

Boost is also really good for the more complex projects, as well as allowing some really cool string parsing functionality through Boost::Lexical_Cast and Boost::Tokenizer.

Quote: "I'm using VS2008."

When I was using VS2008 myself(back in my DGDK days), I had lots of issues with the compiler and even more issues with the linker. VS2010 fixed a lot of those issues for me(well, that and the fact that I actually know what I'm doing this time around).

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XanthorXIII
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I went to C++ and I haven't looked back. Without C++ you don't get the nifty things like Vectors which allow you to do fancy Arrays.
I'm getting the hang of them and they are pretty powerful for handling a lot of tasks.
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The Zoq2
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I to am starting to like C++ to, i got so tired of the T1 compiler. I would prefer to use a diffirent IDE though. Something about VS2010 just bugs me
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