Argument Multiplexing

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Eg, sending a linked message:

list command=["DOSOMETHING",llGetKey(),llGetPos(),TRUE];
llMessageLinked( LINK_ROOT, 0, llDumpList2String(command, "-=-"), "" );

This sends command "DOSOMETHING" followed by a key, a vector and an integer.

When you're receiving this, you can do this:

link_message(integer sender_num, integer num, string str, key id)
{
     list Arguments = llParseStringKeepNulls( str, ["-=-"], [] );
     string Command = llList2String( Arguments, 0 );
 
     if( Command == "DOSOMETHING" )
     {
          key kSenderKey = (key)llList2String( Arguments, 1 );
          vector vSenderPos = (vector)llList2String( Arguments, 2 );
          integer bSomeInteger = (integer)llList2String( Arguments, 3 );
          ...
     }
     else ...
}

The great thing about this is that you can send any data type, including strings with spaces.