the class<foo> syntax

[tarquin]

is there a difference between these two variable declarations, or are they fundamentally the same thing?

local projectile p;
local class<projectile> Proj;

[|^TSF^|2COOL4-U]

Yep there is

local projectile p;
For projectiles only

local class<projectile> Proj;
For projectiles and all its children and its children's children etc. etc.

[2COOL4-U]

lol there must be something wrong here I was logged in using my old account :)

[Bytekeeper]

It`s actually a bit different:

projectile p
declares a variable p which you can assign any projectile and sublass of projectile.

class<projectile> proj
Is a class variable, this means you can't assign a object to it, you can assign a class however: proj= class'SomeChildOfProjectileOrProjectileClassItSelf'

The trick is that you can now ie. spawn a custom actor with that:
p= spawn( proj );

It is for example used to assign a specific class to an player who logs in. The definition within the < > brackets just tells the compiler which subclass of the class may later be assigned to the var. So you can't assign proj= class'enforcer' since enforcer is not sublass of projectile etc...

[tarquin]

ah... I get it. thanks!
it's the old peppercorn / peppermill thing :)