So yeah, because all the function prototypes are created automatically you can't pass or return typedef'd stuff. So it would be cool to be able to turn it off. (They don't exist yet, when the auto-generated prototype is created).

Good idea for advanced users. In the next release this is implemented as a project property:-


Quote:

Category="Micro General (Project Global)" Description="Auto generation of prototypes for sketch source code. The default is True for Arduino projects. This property is for advanced users. Name="Generate Prototypes"

It might also be useful to have some sort of //<no-proto/> comment that could be used to skip individual prototypes. Would this be useful? If so then we can add it to the list for a version later this year.

Thanks for the suggestion

This feature is implemented in the latest download. Thanks.

Note to others: If you switch off auto generation of prototypes your project will loose compatibility with the Arduino Ide because compilation will fail

Sweet! This is especially useful for anyone trying to use enumerated types in their sketch:
[code]
typedef enum {RANDOM, IMMEDIATE, SEARCH} StrategyType;

void doLogic(StrategyType s)
{
//code
}

void loop()
{
  doLogic(RANDOM);
  doLogic(IMMEDIATE);
  doLogic(SEARCH);
}
[/code]
This code won't compile under Arduino or default Visual Micro thanks to the function prototype for doLogic() being inserted before the enum definition. The only way around this previously was to define your enum in a header which you then included in the main sketch, which is annoying if you want to keep everything all tidy in one file.

If you turn off prototype generation, zing! Works great.

Thanks for confirming the feature works and for the example, I will add it to the wiki.