Why........ in BYOND Discussion

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Nov 29 2008, 12:06 pm
[topic title] aren't lists saved like all other non-tmp vars ?

Can that be worked-around ? Or can it at least be documented in the reference, that they aren't saved automatically ?
#1 Nov 29 2008, 12:08 pm
I don't know what you've been trying to do, but lists are preserved in savefiles.

Unless you're talking about libraries such as dmp_reader and Popisfizzy's version, neither of which saves objects within lists properly into .dmm files since they want to stick to the pre-existing standards so darn much.
#2 Nov 29 2008, 12:15 pm
In response to Android Data (#1)
 
mob
    var/list/List

    New()
        List = list("Lol, testing for BYOND features post.")
mob/verb
    Check()
        for(var/A in List)
            world << A
    Save()
        var/savefile/F = new("Saves/[src.ckey].sav")
        Write(F)
        usr << "Your character has been saved."


Run that snippet, click Check verb. Save and close game. Remove the mob/New() bit and run again. Click Check again only to find out it now sends null to the world.
#3 Nov 29 2008, 12:20 pm
In response to Andre-g1 (#2)
You're...never loading the data, just saving it.
#4 Nov 29 2008, 12:32 pm
In response to Nadrew (#3)
Could have sworn they didn't save on my actual project. And yes, I was actually loading there.

Sorry for the bogus topic.