WoD alpha diffs (by kd3)

[Ketho]

kd3 is sending diffs to the mailing list, but afaik they are not posted here on WoWI
I'm going to go ahead and share them and maybe some useful links

http://wowpedia.org/Patch_6.0.1/API_changes
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...22-API-Changes

[Gethe]

I also have a beta branch of the wow-ui-source and the wow-ui-textures on github
https://github.com/Gethe/wow-ui-source/tree/beta
https://github.com/Gethe/wow-ui-textures/tree/beta

[Siku]

This may not be entirely be unique to WoD, but why did Blizzard start naming most of their API C_Something?
C_Garrisons, C_Timers, C_LFGList, C_MountJournal...

[Phanx]

Organizational purposes, I'd guess is the primary reason. This way they can put all the mount journal functions in a single global (the C_MountJournal table), rather than making them all globals in their own right, and it's a clear indicator that those functions are all part of a group. On the backend, the mount journal API may even be a separate module of some kind, but I don't really know about that.

The "C_" prefix on all those tables is just a naming convention, so it's obvious when you see something named "C_MountJournal" that it's pointing to stuff on the C backend (in this case, API functions), whereas something named "MountJournal" is probably pointing to something in the Lua UI frontend (like a frame or a simple Lua table).

[Gello]

The C_Timer functions will get used a lot.

Is anyone else having problems with the console command 'ExportInterfaceFiles code'? It seems to be a valid command but it drops to next prompt instantly (on live clients there's a small delay while it writes) and I don't see anything created.

[jaliborc]

Has anyone heard any news on beta keys for addon developers? We could use having some time to update the mods before launch :P

[Gethe]

Originally Posted by Gello Is anyone else having problems with the console command 'ExportInterfaceFiles code'? It seems to be a valid command but it drops to next prompt instantly (on live clients there's a small delay while it writes) and I don't see anything created.

Yeah it's disabled at the moment. They will likely turn it back on when they enable addons.

[jaliborc]

Originally Posted by Phanx The "C_" prefix on all those tables is just a naming convention, so it's obvious when you see something named "C_MountJournal" that it's pointing to stuff on the C backend (in this case, API functions), whereas something named "MountJournal" is probably pointing to something in the Lua UI frontend (like a frame or a simple Lua table).

Well, that argument goes a bit to waste with the new C_Timer, which is partly implemented in Lua. Unless they expect to rewrite C_Timer.NewTicker in C before release (I doubt), it does not make much sense and the "C_" prefix simply becomes additional bloat on the code.

In any case, C_Timer is awesome!

[Ketho]

Does anyone know whether addon authors need an active account this time, for WoD beta access?

[Resike]

Originally Posted by jaliborc Well, that argument goes a bit to waste with the new C_Timer, which is partly implemented in Lua. Unless they expect to rewrite C_Timer.NewTicker in C before release (I doubt), it does not make much sense and the "C_" prefix simply becomes additional bloat on the code. In any case, C_Timer is awesome!

I tought the C_ prefix stands for the class.