The Dink Network

I modified the whatsnew.txt with a new engine change that I forgot to mention:

* Variables are now dynamicly scoped.

It basically allows you to reference local variables defined in previous functions, so you wouldn't have to resort to global variables like &save_x and &save_y (most of the time).

You can do something like this:

void main(void)
{
int &x = 4;
int &y = 6;
bob();
say_stop("&x, &y", 1);
}

void bob()
{
int &y = 8;
function();
}

void function(void)
{
say_stop("&x, &y", 1);
&x / 2;
}

This would result in Dink saying "4, 8" and then "2, 6".

If there were global variables &x and &y, they would be looked for if no local variables in the calling function stack's scope were found.

Global variables like &save_x and &save_y would be required in instances where the calling script was killed (i.e. when a sprite dies), in which case the scope defaults to global.