Add selfaware functions for E2 extensions #2823
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If you feel this sort of functionality would be better handled by the preprocessor/directives (not including current |
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I mean, I don't see a use for them but I don't see any harm in them existing either. Just a little concerned about it being futureproof in case the way E2 extensions work is changed, but I guess we can just deprecate them at that point. |
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| local getExtensionStatus = E2Lib.GetExtensionStatus | ||
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This should cost a lot more than getExtensionStatus(s) which just indexes a table, as this has to clone a table which is still a lot of work. Either way you shouldn't be calling it often. I'd say 60 ops would be quite generous considering a lambda call is 15 ops, function call is 10 ops
Allows users to see the status of extensions on the server. This is like a dynamic form of
#ifdef.This idea came to me because I am trying to write a dependency checker that communicates to the player whether a chip with multiple dependencies will function properly or not.