Operators/Discuss
Mychaeel, on the Wiki forum: Specifically on that Operators page I firmly believe that it was not a good idea to give each and every operator a heading and a section of its own; menu or not, it's definitely not very readable that way. That's why I started putting the operators in tables (see the "Boolean Operators" section).
Tarquin: I have a suggestion, which may reduce the length & complexity of this page. IMHO it might be more logical, but as I'm not really a coder, more of a hybrid docer / mapper, maybe a moccer... anyway:
Group by operator first, then by variable type. Booleans are the exception, I think the boolean table should stay. But beyond that, how about:
== Equality
Applies to: String, Boolean, Int, Byte, Float, Vector ... etc
+ Addition
Applies to: Int, Byte, Float, Vector ... etc
Mychaeel: Since there are way more operators than data types that scheme just needlessly bloats the page – and it doesn't reflect how I'd personally start looking for a certain operator either. Use headings instead to group by data type those operators apply to – "Boolean Operators," "String Operators" ($
, @
), "Numeric Operators" (+
, -
, *
, /
), and so on.
Tarquin: I guess that's more what I meant – "numeric operators" for +, - etc, since it's bit bloaty to repeat what + does for byte / int / float.
Wormbo: How about tables like this one:
Numeric Operators
Operator | Meaning | Applies to | Priority |
++ |
Increment | byte, int | Pre-/Postoperator |
+ |
Add | int, float | 20 |
... | ... | ... | ... |
Mychaeel: Yeah, more or less. I'd keep the first-level grouping by "string," "number" (int, byte, float), "vector," "rotator." I think the columns I used for the boolean operator table work best; rows should be sorted by precedence (highest first):
Numeric Operators
Operation | Operator | Applies to | Precedence | Description |
Addition | + |
all | 20 | Calculates the sum of both operands |
Increment | ++ |
Variables | Pre-/Postoperator | Increments the variable by 1 |