is_const, is_static, is_tmp, is_final

ID:2860440
 
Mar 18 2023, 7:40 am
Applies to:DM Language
Status: Open
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These would be useful to have for most tasks involving code introspection.

issaved tells us that a var is one of them (except is_final), but not which.

We can determine a const by creating a runtime:
/proc/is_const(datum/holder, varname)
  if (holder == FALSE)
    try
      global.vars[varname] = global.vars[varname]
      return FALSE
    catch (var/exception/e)
      return TRUE
  try
    holder.vars[varname] = holder.vars[varname]
    return FALSE
  catch (var/exception/e)
    return TRUE

But that's obviously pretty disgusting.

I could go either way on is_static vs is_global.