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Sebb closed JEXL-114.
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Assignee: (was: Henri Biestro)
> Allow scripts to create local variables // Add return keyword
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> Key: JEXL-114
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JEXL-114
> Project: Commons JEXL
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Affects Versions: 2.0.1
> Reporter: Henri Biestro
> Fix For: 2.1
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> WHY:
> Not having local variables nor return in scripts is inconvenient, especially when dealing
with loops.
> This also precludes using read-only contexts easily which are really convenient when
letting end-users enter their own expressions.
> HOW:
> This could (will) be implemented by extending the parameters feature (script accept parameters
during parsing and thus arguments during evaluation) which is itself based on the notion of
'registers' - an array of objects that the interpreter allocates and uses based on script
information.
> It only requires adding one keyword ("var" seems the obvious choice) in the .jjt.
> The "return" keyword is also an easy .jjt addition; obvious implementation is to use
an internal exception to force traversing the stack up.
> WHAT:
> Add the "var" and "return" keyword.
> Also add methods to extract the variables (global - see JEXL-113), the parameters (used
during parsing) and the local variables (declared within) a script to help pinpoint problems
or prepare the evaluation of scripts.
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