Greetings all, Today I discovered the "typedef" keyword in the ycp langauge. I'd not realised this existed because I hadn't seen it in any documentation, or used in modules. It seems it's very occasionally used. Is there any reason for this? It seems to provide a mechanism to avoid having to deal with lists of maps of lists all over the place. The typedefs can't be imported out of a module, but one can work around this by "including imports". See example. // Test.ycp { include "Car.ycp"; include "CarBrand.ycp"; Car car = Car::newInstance(); y2milestone("New car speed is %1",Car::getSpeed(car)); Car::setSpeed(car,100); y2milestone("Now car speed is %1",Car::getSpeed(car)); y2milestone("This car is a %1",Car::getBrand(car)); Car audi = Car::newBranded(CarBrand::AUDI); y2milestone("This car is a %1",Car::getBrand(audi)); } // output 2007-12-03 18:00:06 <1> padd(5080) [YCP] yast/Test.ycp:6 New car speed is 0 2007-12-03 18:00:06 <1> padd(5080) [YCP] yast/Test.ycp:8 Now car speed is 100 2007-12-03 18:00:06 <1> padd(5080) [YCP] yast/Test.ycp:10 This car is a `FORD 2007-12-03 18:00:06 <1> padd(5080) [YCP] yast/Test.ycp:12 This car is a `AUDI // modules/car.ycp { module "Car"; include "CarBrand.ycp"; include "Car.ycp"; global Car newInstance() { Car car = $[ "speed":0, "brand":CarBrand::FORD, "colour":"red" ]; return car; } global Car newBranded(CarBrand brand) { Car car = $[ "speed":0, "brand":brand, "colour":"red" ]; return car; } global void setSpeed(Car & instance, integer speed) { instance["speed"] = speed; } global integer getSpeed(Car & instance) { return instance["speed"]:0; } global CarBrand getBrand(Car & instance) { return (CarBrand)instance["brand"]:nil; } } // include/Car.ycp { import "Car"; typedef map<string,any> Car; } // modules/CarBrand.ycp { module "CarBrand"; include "CarBrand.ycp"; global CarBrand FORD = `FORD; global CarBrand BMW = `BMW; global CarBrand AUDI = `AUDI; } // include/CarBrand.ycp { import "CarBrand"; typedef symbol CarBrand; } -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org