Native support for pointers as integers

[Apeirogon]

For testing reasons I needed to get the address of an objects, to differentiate between them from each other.
And the only way its possible to get it is

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int self_pointer = string.format("%p", self).toint(10);

which is works, yes, but it looks like a hack.

Add native support for pointers as integers please.

[Graf Zahl]

No, no, no. If you want to differentiate between objects, compare the pointers. It won't even work because pointers are 64 bit values and integers are 32 bit values.

[Apeirogon]

Problem in this case is, its impossible to transfer actors pointer, as a zscript thing, through network event to the ui side.
I use on screen custom made table that, internally, uses actor pointers to differentiate them. Because dumping all info into the console becomes old too fast with more than one target.

[Graf Zahl]

In that case a string with "%p" output is your only option.

[Apeirogon]

I made this instead

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class six_four_pointer
{
    private uint mantissa, radix;
    void construct(string s)
    {
        int substring_len = s.Length()/2;
        mantissa = s.Mid(0, substring_len ).toint(16);
        radix = s.Mid(substring_len, substring_len ).toint(16);
    }

    clearscope uint get_pointer(bool main = true) const
    {
        if(main)
            return mantissa;
        else
            return radix;
    }
}

It still cheaper than comparing >9000 strings to find corresponding (to the actor) entries in the table.

[Graf Zahl]

No, that's actually not cheaper at all. You are totally overestimating the cost of a string comparison. The internal overhead of calling get_pointer twice is magnitudes higher than doing a string comparison due to the call oveehead of scripted code.,

[Apeirogon]

'Tested' both integer and string versions and they work approximately with the same speed.
'tested', because if I made more than around 30 "send network event" calls per single tick, Gzdoom crashes WITHOUT very fatal error window.

[Redneckerz]

'Tested' both integer and string versions and they work approximately with the same speed.
'tested', because if I made more than around 30 "send network event" calls per single tick, Gzdoom crashes WITHOUT very fatal error window.

If the answer is '''No, and here is why'' i fail to understand why you then go on the defence for your own implementation which does the same but is likely more expensive in the long run.

[Apeirogon]

????

I done X in Y way
Do X in Z way instead, its faster this way
I compared Y and Z ways, they works approximately with same speed, but I had small testing sample set, due to a bug

[Rachael]

I think this topic has reached an appreciable level of tug roping and hair pulling now at this point.