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Re: shipping (was Re: [mv] minivend and sql, it is not true)
Quoting Kyle Hayes (kyle540@quicknet.net):
> > upsg UPS Ground weight 150 999999 e @@TOTAL@@ lbs too heavy for UPS
> >
> > is the same as:
> >
> > upsg: UPS Ground
> >
> > criteria weight
> >
> > min 0
> > max 0
> > type error
> > message Nothing to ship!
> >
> > min 0
> > max 150
> > type ups
> > table 2ndDayAir
> > geo zip
> > default_geo 98366
> > adder 3
> ^^^^^^
>
> What is this?
upsg UPS Ground weight 0 150 u Ground [default zip 98366] 3.00 min5.00
^^^^
>
> This is nice! Much cleaner than the ideas I was looking at a while ago.
> Is this code compiled when the catalog is brought up, or when the shipping
> mode is called? One thing I like about the old subroutine system is that
> the code is precompiled. I have complex shipping calculations and the
> resultant routine is several pages of code. If it is compiled each
> time a shipping calculation is needed, it will add to the overall latency
> significantly.
>
> > heavy: Surcharge for heavy items
> > perl 1
On the fly, because if it is the first Perl called we must reset the
object structure. But you can do:
formula my_precompiled_routine();
next mode_to_go_to_if_zero
MiniVend 4 allows you to define any number of named subroutines with the
same exact programming interface.
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