Problems with createActionTo and arg types...

[Alex Lancaster]

Dear Swarm folks,

I am trying to create a dynamic schedule using a createActionTo message.

The Swarm interface guide says that when creating an action to with one or
more arguments, the argument needs to be cast to the Objective C id type,
to whit:

[createActionTo: neurone message: M(receivePulse:) : (id) pulseAmplitude]

This seems fine if the type of the argument (i.e. pulseAmplitude in the
above e.g.) is an integer. But gcc won't allow compilation if the argument
is a float, with an error message to the effect "can't cast that arg to a
pointer". (I can send the exact code and error message if necessary).

Is this a known problem? If so, are there any workarounds? I really need my
arguments to be floats, as integers are far too coarse to represent the
variables in my model.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Alex

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