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Major Cooke
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'meta'?

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So I've seen this crop up from time to time and I still have no idea what it does...

Anyone have any ideas on what 'meta' variables do in ZScript?
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Re: 'meta'?

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As I understand it, they're basically readonly static variables. The source describes them as "static class data (by necessity read only.)"
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Re: 'meta'?

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Turns out they're actually more like 'constant properties', and not actually static. Because regular constants cannot be changed in inheriting children:

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const SomeDouble = 2.5; // <-- This cannot be modified in a child, since any attempt it disregarded.
Whereas meta can be changed via properties, but not by anything else.
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