with

Description

Creates a With Type that is used inside a do construct in order to execute code inside a given namespace.

Important
To avoid the below-mentioned issue error (whether in scheduled or unscheduled environment) use setVariable/getVariable with the desired Namespace.

Syntax

with namespace

Parameters:

namespace: Namespace

Returns: With Type

Examples

Example 1

_myWithType = with uiNamespace;

Example 2

with missionNamespace do { global = global + 1 };

Problems

When used in a do-construct in scripts with allowed suspension, a namespace switching might unexpectedly occur inside some scopes (for, if, try, call) started in a scheduled environment after small suspension if with was not the main scope; however, the issue does not arise if with is used in the parent scope:

namespace switch risk	namespace switch safe
`sqf 0 spawn { with uiNamespace do { for "_i" from 1 to 1 do { systemChat str [ currentNamespace isEqualTo uiNamespace, currentNamespace isEqualTo missionNamespace ]; // result [true, false] sleep 0.05; // <-- small suspension systemChat str [ currentNamespace isEqualTo uiNamespace, currentNamespace isEqualTo missionNamespace ]; // result [false, true] <-- switching }; }; };`	`sqf with uiNamespace do { 0 spawn { for "_i" from 1 to 1 do { systemChat str [ currentNamespace isEqualTo uiNamespace, currentNamespace isEqualTo missionNamespace ]; // result [true, false] sleep 0.05; // <-- small suspension systemChat str [ currentNamespace isEqualTo uiNamespace, currentNamespace isEqualTo missionNamespace ]; // result [true, false] <-- NO switching }; }; };`

Community notes

Hypoxic1252023-02-23

Using with:

with profileNamespace do {
    myVariable = "Hello!";
};

is the same as:

profileNamespace setVariable ["myVariable", "Hello!"];

This allows you to quickly modify/use variables within a namespace without using get/setvariable every time.