(x?y:z).id causes an error when compiling to GM-HTML5

[ze0nni]

When I build this

var _items = [ { id: 42}, { id: 9001} ];
var _id = (Mathf.random(10) == 0 ? _items[0] : _items[1]).id;
Lib.trace(_id);

I will get this:

var __items_0 = { id: 42 }
var __items_1 = { id: 9001 }
show_debug_message(((random(10) == 0 ? __items_0 : __items_1)).id);

This work for windows targetes but will crash application for html5.

If enable feather inspections I have notification about this

[YellowAfterlife]

Because of extra parenthesis..?

If so, probably file a GameMaker bug since that's a pretty basic thing that shouldn't be illegal

[ze0nni]

No, parentheses are ok

As I understand instead of this:

var _id = (cond ? item1 : item2).id

must be it:

var _item = (cond ? item1 : item2)
var _id = _item.id

I agree that this seems like a bug in gamemaker. I was confused that Feather mark this as error. I Will report for gamemaker developers.

[ze0nni]

YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs#2426