[sldev] New Scripting Functions

[Jason Giglio]

Dale Glass wrote:
> On llRequestAgentKey I'm not sure what "blocking dataserver = error 
> detection" exactly means, but error detection is a must for that as well 
> as any other dataserver functions -- there must be a clear difference 
> between a request failing because what's being requested doesn't exist, 


Right well I think you've pretty much gotten the idea.

Here's the deal:

the_key = llRequestAgentKey("Gigs Taggart");


This is a blocking call, the issue is when something goes wrong... does 
it have a time out?  How do you communicate the error?

***Versus***

llRequestAgentKey("Gigs Taggart");


dataserver(stuff)
{
	the key = stuff
}

The way that notecards and agent information is done now.


Blocking calls are a lot nicer in terms of program flow and ease of use, 
but they have the drawbacks I mentioned above in terms of catching when 
bad things happen.

It was suggested that something like llGetLastError() could be used.

-Jason