Re-declaring AutoIt Constants locally

[donnyh13]

Hi All,
I have a general question about re-declaring AutoIt Constants in a local scope. In a UDF I have created I have from time to time needed to use a flag

for built-in AutoIt functions, such as StringStripWS, or UBound. Instead of using magic numbers I have vouched for using the

corresponding flag, but instead of including the necessary Include, I have declared an Identically named Constant locally in the

function, such as the following:

func _SomeFunc($sFile)
Local Const $STR_STRIPLEADING = 1

    $sFile = StringStripWS($sFile, $STR_STRIPLEADING)

EndFunc

Is this a bad idea?

I was wanting to avoid having to have a pile of Includes for the UDF if it wasn't necessary.

[Andreik]

18 minutes ago, donnyh13 said:

Is this a bad idea?

I was wanting to avoid having to have a pile of Includes for the UDF if it wasn't necessary.

I usually do this when I use few constants but if I use more functions and constants I include the whole UDF. If this is a bad idea? It really depends. If there is a function that is called every second it's not the best way. I hope to see soon in AutoIt implemented local static constants, so we can have something like this:

Func Test()
    Local Static Const $MB_OK = 0
    ...
EndFunc

 

Edited November 15, 2023 by Andreik

[donnyh13]

Thanks @Andreik, that sounds about the same as what I had in mind.

Ya, a static constant would be handy in this situation.