CbType created before a Space doesn't work

[bartvanheukelom]

A CbType that is constructed before a Space is constructed will have id = NaN and not function properly in callbacks. This adds inconvenience because you can't use a construct like this:

class Platform {
    public static var CBTYPE:CbType;
    public static function __init__():Void {
        CBTYPE = new CbType();
    }
}

[deltaluca]

This has nothing to do with a Space being constructed or not, this is to do with constructing objects during a static __init__ which runs 'really' early during boot time, before anything else is initialised (in this case the id counter for CbType itself)

[bartvanheukelom]

I've tried finding where the id counter is initialised but couldn't find it due to (presumably) a lack of Caxe knowledge. However, could it not be initialised in a static __init__ also?

[bartvanheukelom]

Never mind, I've found that one can simply use public static var CBTYPE = new CbType();. I hadn't tried because previously when I tried something similar Haxe had complained that field initialisation should be a constant expression. However, it works, and is apparently executed later than __init__. Sorry, kinda new to Haxe :*) Edit: Yeah, I should have RTFM: "Then, all static function init method body code is generated. [...] static variables have not yet been initialized; these functions should only be used to perform very low level initializations.". I ass-umed they worked like Java's static {} blocks.