Why the exitWith at the end of scripts?

[ZNorQ 0]

I've browsed through several scripts, and some of them end with

if (true) exitWith {};

Is this really necessary, and if so - why?

ZNorQ

[ColonelSandersLite 0]

It's not.

[dr_eyeball 16]

I don't recommend it, since if you start using #include, it will prematurely terminate the script.

[the unknown 0]

This is related to it so i tought it wasnt usefull to make a seperate topic, is it true the normal exit doesnt work for sqf as stated in the wiki?

EXIT

I never understood the change so mabey someone can explain how to have it work like the normal exit as soon as it hits the scripts ends.

[dr_eyeball 16]

Pretty sure WIKI is right. In SQF, you'd often have code with a condition for exiting, like:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (!leader player) exitWith

{

hint "You must be leader to perform this command.";

// this will now terminate this script here.

};

// otherwise resume with normal execution of script

[ZNorQ 0]

Pretty sure WIKI is right. In SQF, you'd often have code with a condition for exiting, like:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">if (!leader player) exitWith

{

hint "You must be leader to perform this command.";

// this will now terminate this script here.

};

// otherwise resume with normal execution of script

But, is the if {} exitWith {} statement the only way to exit a script prematurely?

I find it strange that your have to pose a question to force an exit to a script. The exit statement should have been just as valid for sqf files, as for sqs...

ZNorQ.

[ZNorQ 0]

It's not.

Hehe, ok.

Thanks for the feedback.

ZNorQ.