Add a default constructor to the Task class

[CedricLor]

Hi,

It might be a good idea to add an explicit default constructor to the Task class.

Line 128 of TaskSchedulerDeclarations.h, add: INLINE Task() {};

This would allow to compile libraries such as painlessMesh (which declare a bunch of Tasks without initializing them) together with option _TASK_STATUS_REQUEST.

Another question: why not use the classical header (.h) and code (.cpp) file structure instead of two .h files with different names?

[arkhipenko]

It shoud already be possible to instantiate Task() without any parameters. No change is required for that.

No .CPP file is unfortunately the only way to make compilation parameters like _TASK_STATUS_REQUEST and others work with Arduino IDE.

[CedricLor]

Thanks for your answer.

It was not possible if compiled with _TASK_STATUS_REQUEST

Accordingly, I forked your lib and modified both existing constructors:

• moved the taskScheduler param first,
• undefaulted it and then added an explicit default constructor. Works fine this way for me anyway.

For the .CPP and conflict with Arduino IDE, I didn't know. Thanks;)

[arkhipenko]

Oh, that's a bug then. Thanks for letting me know. Will fix!

[arkhipenko]

Unfortunately, your solution changed the Task constructor signature and would make TS backwards-incompatible. I was able to resolve ambiguity just by disabling default values for Status Request constructor. Seems to work. Since Status Request enabled Tasks are a special case, it is ok for them to be explicitly constructed. It also didn't seem to break any of my code and examples.

Will push into testing branch after a bit of testing and release together with 3.X