[adma]

Originally Posted by Fyren Everything is still a cell. The only thing that changed was the syntax.

Oh wow, it is too. When I read "real data types" I auto assumed memory allocation was different also. Nice to know!

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by adma Oh wow, it is too. When I read "real data types" I auto assumed memory allocation was different also. Nice to know!

It's a property of the Pawn language. In Pawn, everything is a cell... and internally, a cell is just a 32-bit signed integer.

• int is just a plain cell
• Float / float is just an IEE754 single precision floating point value stored in a cell. Pawn / SourcePawn has special math operators for it that are automatically called when you do math involving a float.
• String / char are just a cell array where it stuffs 4 chars into each cell. Regular Pawn uses a different syntax for packed strings, but they operate basically the same as SourcePawn's
• Handles (including methodmaps derived from Handles) are just a C++ memory address, albeit safer than a C++ pointer because SM tracks which handles are valid.
• enum structs (Old type and SM 1.10 type) are just a cell array with special language syntax surrounding them.