world.Export() and lists

ID:162336
 
Jan 22 2008, 9:37 pm
Is it possible to send lists using world.Export()?

I couldn't figure out a way to do it with just the command alone so I created this:

world
  proc
    SendList(list/L,listname,world)
      var/savefile/S = new()
      S[listname]<<L
      Export("[world]?list:[listname]",S)

world/Topic(T)
  if(findtext(T,"list:"))
    var/savefile/S = new(Import())
    var/list/L
    var/listname = copytext(T,6)
    S[listname]>>L
    //Set list to whatever
  ..()

Seems to work pretty well. Is there a better way of doing this?
Jan 22 2008, 10:34 pm
Parameters.
Of course, you won't be able to send objects and such, but you can break a list of strings up and send it.

var/list/l = list("1","2","3","4")
var/parameter = list2params(l) // convert a list into param form
var/list/paramlist = params2list(parameter) // convert params into list form