Haxe 3 compatibility

[as3boyan]

Looks like there is no more haxe.Public. So I made some fields public. And Hash -> Map.

[elsassph]

Thanks, there is a new meta tag that replace this feature, but I removed haxe.Public anyway the same way as you did. I'll push that soon. Is Map Haxe3 only or will it still work in Haxe 2?

[as3boyan]

Explanation: Haxe 2 provided map data structures for Int and String keys. With haxe 3 it is possible to use most objects as keys through a single, toplevel Map class. The generated code automatically uses data structures optimized for the chosen key type.

http://haxe.org/manual/haxe3/features

But this Map structure I think it's new. I tested it in Haxe 2.10, compiler can't find class Map. So it should be new. http://haxe.org/manual/haxe3/migration

[elsassph]

If the Hash still works in Haxe 3 (maybe as a Map subclass) I prefer keeping it.

[as3boyan]

No, it won't work. If Hash still worked, then there were no need to change it.

But it won't work in Haxe 3. Map is just same thing, it's just allows to use more objects as keys.

Haxe.org documentation says this: Haxe 3 Migration: Hash and IntHash removal Compiler error "Hash has been removed, use Map instead" or "IntHash has been removed, use Map instead"

Hash and IntHash classes were removed in Haxe 3.

// haxe 2 var hash = new Hash(); var intHash = new IntHash(); "var typedHash : Hash;"

// haxe 3 var hash = new Map(); var intHash = new Map(); "var typedHash : Map<String,MyClass>;"

hash.set("foo", 1); intHash.set(1, 2);

Github completition removed types. so it should look like this, just another brackets should be used. var typedHash : Hash[MyClass] ; var typedHash : Map [String,MyClass];

[as3boyan]

//haxe 2
var typedHash : Hash <MyClass>;

//haxe 3
var typedHash : Map <String, MyClass>;

Just read this: http://haxe.org/manual/haxe3/migration

[elsassph]

Yep I saw that - I just don't want to litter the code with "if haxe3".

[as3boyan]

In NME(maybe you already seen this) it looks like this:

public static var className = new #if haxe3 Map <String, #else Hash <#end Dynamic> ();

RealyUniqueName(creator of StablexDL) did it smart way:

#if haxe3
private typedef Hash<T> = Map<String,T>;
#end

This is very smart way I think, and easy to read and use. But I haven't tested this. And after porting to Haxe 3 I tested your nme-runnermark on neko target, looks like there are some problems(Haxe 3, Neko 2).

[elsassph]

I definitely like the typedef option.

[elsassph]

I'll look at it as part of a new, Haxe3/openFL dedicated, library.