Compile?

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  April 2013

  I have no idea, I've wondered about it for a while.

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• fxone Member

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  @sslivka and @SinisterSoft you can compile file or whole project without running on Gideros Player... 'Run' and 'compile' are must-have features in every IDE

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• OZApps Guru

  April 2013

  They server two major purposes,
  
  1. If you compile, it clears the output window pane which you cannot otherwise, handy when you are debugging and want a *clearer* (as there is still some compile info dumped there)
  
  2. It converts the Lua code into compiled bytecode which can be used. However be careful because you can end up with a situation where your player would be using the compiled bytecode and you might wonder why the changes do not work.

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• hgvyas123 Guru

  April 2013

  at the other hand if someone is like me who always hit cmd + R it is useless for him
  
  

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  Does it not compile to byte code before sending to the player/exporting anyway?

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• john26 Maintainer

  April 2013

  @atilim mentioned the compile menu was just for his testing purposes and of no use to users.
  
  @SinisterSoft, yes, the Lua assets are compiled to byte code anyway when you export so the compile menu really is of no practical use for users AFAIK. (probably they should remove it)

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