We already have GetConfigInt, GetConfigReal and GetConfigString. What would GetConfigValue do?
Same thing as configelemref.key - that is, analyze and choose the type of the value before it is copied to variable, instead of converting it into a string.
This is useful when scripter does not know the structure of config file element the script will parse.
Code:
// example.cfg
configelem example
{
key1 text
key2 193
key3 31.1
}
Code:
var elem := ReadConfigFile("example")["example"];
foreach key in ListConfigElemProps(elem)
// array{ "key1", "key2", "key3" }
// There's no way to read the correct values (at least, without trial-error).
// GetConfigString(elem, key); is safe solution but is not suitable if values are later to be used "blindly".
// elem.key does not work because it is read as elem."key"
// GetConfigValue(elem, key), if existed, would return
// "text", 193 and 31.1.
endforeach
I hope this explains it.
