19.07.2013, 06:01
I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in E+N, but I think it's more suited here. Feel free to move it if need be.
We all know strcmp() is slow, and we all moan at people who use it telling them to use alternatives such as ZCMD/YCMD, so why is it still used on every page of the wiki? People use the wiki to learn, and they're learning bad practises. I know there's no 'official' command processor, but most people use ZCMD/YCMD (they are very similar anyway in syntax). Perhaps its time to update the wiki? The issue is, ZCMD or YCMD? ZCMD is more widely used, and I personally think YCMD has too many features for new scripters to understand, and ZCMD is very simple, so I think ZCMD would be a better starting point for new scripts. It should really be included in the SA-MP server package, along with Incognito's streamer (which everyone uses (or better yet integrated into SA-MP itself)).
Obviously for now there would have to be a note before the example that says something like this:
Obviously the download needs to contain clear instructions on how to include ZCMD. It's not difficult so shouldn't be a problem.
Another issue is that, as I said, almost every page on the wiki (I'd say at least 80%) use strcmp. Editing all those would take a lot of time and effort.
Thoughts please.
We all know strcmp() is slow, and we all moan at people who use it telling them to use alternatives such as ZCMD/YCMD, so why is it still used on every page of the wiki? People use the wiki to learn, and they're learning bad practises. I know there's no 'official' command processor, but most people use ZCMD/YCMD (they are very similar anyway in syntax). Perhaps its time to update the wiki? The issue is, ZCMD or YCMD? ZCMD is more widely used, and I personally think YCMD has too many features for new scripters to understand, and ZCMD is very simple, so I think ZCMD would be a better starting point for new scripts. It should really be included in the SA-MP server package, along with Incognito's streamer (which everyone uses (or better yet integrated into SA-MP itself)).
Obviously for now there would have to be a note before the example that says something like this:
Obviously the download needs to contain clear instructions on how to include ZCMD. It's not difficult so shouldn't be a problem.
Another issue is that, as I said, almost every page on the wiki (I'd say at least 80%) use strcmp. Editing all those would take a lot of time and effort.
Thoughts please.