Added getitem/setitem access for KX_GameObject

ob.someProp = 10
can now be...
ob["someProp"] = 10

For simple get/set test with an objects 10 properties, this is ~30% faster.

Though I like the attribute access, its slower because it needs to lookup BGE attributes and methods (for parent classes as well as KX_GameObject class).

This could also be an advantage if there are collisions between new attributes added for 2.49 and existing properties a game uses.

Made some other small optimizations,
- Getting and setting property can use const char* as well as STR_String (avoids making new STR_Strings just to do the lookup).
- CValue::SetPropertiesModified() and CValue::SetPropertiesModified(), were looping through all items in the std::map, advancing from the beginning each time.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/source/gameengine/Expressions/Value.h b/source/gameengine/Expressions/Value.h
index caf1064dc32..4678ab1f0c2 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Expressions/Value.h
+++ b/source/gameengine/Expressions/Value.h
@@ -283,10 +283,12 @@ public:
 
 	/// Property Management
 	virtual void		SetProperty(const STR_String& name,CValue* ioProperty);						// Set property <ioProperty>, overwrites and releases a previous property with the same name if needed
-	virtual CValue*		GetProperty(const STR_String & inName);							// Get pointer to a property with name <inName>, returns NULL if there is no property named <inName>
+	virtual void		SetProperty(const char* name,CValue* ioProperty);
+	virtual CValue*		GetProperty(const char* inName);							// Get pointer to a property with name <inName>, returns NULL if there is no property named <inName>
+	virtual CValue*		GetProperty(const STR_String & inName);
 	STR_String			GetPropertyText(const STR_String & inName,const STR_String& deftext="");						// Get text description of property with name <inName>, returns an empty string if there is no property named <inName>
 	float				GetPropertyNumber(const STR_String& inName,float defnumber);
-	virtual bool		RemoveProperty(const STR_String & inName);						// Remove the property named <inName>, returns true if the property was succesfully removed, false if property was not found or could not be removed
+	virtual bool		RemoveProperty(const char *inName);						// Remove the property named <inName>, returns true if the property was succesfully removed, false if property was not found or could not be removed
 	virtual vector<STR_String>	GetPropertyNames();
 	virtual void		ClearProperties();										// Clear all properties