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Cannot reference function Predicate as a variable.

Evan_ReeseEvan_Reese Member Posts: 2,060 PRO
I'm trying to use a predicate I've imported and I'm getting this error and I don't know what it means. Anybody know what I might be doing wrong?
Evan Reese / Principal and Industrial Designer with Ovyl
Website: ovyl.io

Best Answer

  • ilya_baranilya_baran Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 1,173
    Answer ✓
    You can't reference top-level functions or predicates in variables.  So:
    predicate isNonzero(something)
    {
       something != 0;
    }

    const myPredicate = isNonzero; // Error -- not allowed
    const myPredicate = function(something) { return isNonzero(something); }; // Ok
    Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc

Answers

  • _anton_anton Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 258
    Is the predicate ever not followed by arguments in parentheses, like a function call?
  • ilya_baranilya_baran Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 1,173
    Answer ✓
    You can't reference top-level functions or predicates in variables.  So:
    predicate isNonzero(something)
    {
       something != 0;
    }

    const myPredicate = isNonzero; // Error -- not allowed
    const myPredicate = function(something) { return isNonzero(something); }; // Ok
    Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc
  • Evan_ReeseEvan_Reese Member Posts: 2,060 PRO
    Got it, thanks guys!
    Evan Reese / Principal and Industrial Designer with Ovyl
    Website: ovyl.io
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