Can you pass variables to Method New() ?

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Plash

The use of any Create/DeSerialize feature as a method is useful for coding purposes (less code when using instance creators as a method).

ie, instead of having to create a new object and refer to its fields and methods through the object you can access them directly, especially with less code:

SuperStrict

Framework brl.standardio

Type TMyType
	
	Field MyField:Int
	
	'Less code required
	Method Create:TMyType(_MyField:Int)
		
		MyField = _MyField
		SomeMethod()
		
		Return(Self)
		
	End Method
	
	Method SomeMethod()
		
		Print("Some method... " + MyField)
		
	End Method
	
	'Extra code required
	Function CreateMyType:TMyType(_MyField:Int)
	  Local mytype:TMyType
		mytype = New(TMyType)
		
		mytype.MyField = _MyField
		mytype.SomeMethod()
		
		Return(mytype)
		
	End Function
	
End Type


Local tmp:TMyType

tmp = New(TMyType).Create(100)

tmp = TMyType.CreateMyType(200)

P.S. The last code you posted is invalid, you are attempting to access the field 'kind' from a function in a type (you can only do that with an instance of a type).