quakeforge/tools/qfcc/source/problem_with_nil.txt
Bill Currie c98d1ff08c Document some problems with nil
While he's a pretty cool character in HZD, he seems to have some
identity problems when in a compiler.
2019-06-09 22:29:51 +09:00

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The problem with nil is more a problem with @param and values.
@param values used type_nil's low-level type, which is either quaternion
or vector (v6 progs). Thus returning (or passing?) nil through @param
creates a value that has type_param built low-level type quaternion.
Then assigning nil to a quaternion finds the param nil (because the
value and low-level type is checked) which has the wrong type for type
checks.
one solution is to create an ev_param type (convert to quaternion or
vector for v6 progs) that the VM either ignores or can copy around
ev_param data.