[WebView] automatic conversion of specified parameters of a procedure to call it simply by string about neel HOT 6 CLOSED

@griffith1deady

Appreciate it man. I'm currently testing using jsonTo procedure from the std/jsonutils module with some success already.

If this doesn't suffice I'll be sure to reach out here. Will keep this open in the meantime.

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@griffith1deady

100%. Totally forgot about Andre's library thanks!

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@griffith1deady

Just pushed Neel 1.1.0 with ability to convert arbitrary parameter types programmatically. For now this will suffice. I've elected to still use std/jsonutils as using jsony I would have to completely rework the exposeProcs macro and frontend code to support it. A complete code refactoring will be for a major update in the near future and will support it.

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@Niminem
i'll recommend use jsony, because it is much faster.

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currently, i've also implemented the ability to do these types of functions in addition to just taking arguments:
a function that takes arguments and returns a response (json string)
a function that takes no arguments and returns no response (notification)

but now calling such functions is not ideal at all, and I should rework it, probably a lot.
and in general, adding new function types spoiled the code's beauty a bit, but not critically.

at the moment I have everything stored in 3 tables, and pass to macro an object that contains them. i plan to add a lot of unsafe code that will only contain the initial validation, but not further validation. merging all types into one table will be the best optimization at the moment. all the magic is done at compile time.

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after a lot of rework, i can safely say that everything is ready. i also added 4 type of procedures - those that just return the result, without arguments. it may be necessary to add support for async procedures in the future, but that's not the most important thing.
in case of errors, the handler will report that an error has occurred, and if everything is fine and there is no return value, it will say that everything is fine. and if there is a return value, it will return it.

the only important (perhaps) goal that should be implemented is to be able to return any object/ref object from such functions, and automatically generate code for serialization in json.

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