im considering going from A5 to A7 and am wondering if doing so will force me to abandon WDL for lite-C.

lite-c seems to be the same thing, but with painful syntax modifications that are completely gonna clog me up and make life difficult.

can I use A7 to its intended potential (or at all) with WDL?

thanks people

you can still use c-script in A7.
Lite-C is still very buggy, even some documented code features dont work yet.
Until then you can use c-script in A7.

We'll soon put a section into the FAQ to deal with the question whether to use WDL or lite-C after upgrading to A7. The short answer is "it depends".

Old WDL projects can be continued in WDL. The only exception is when you want to use particular lite-C features, like structs. A few new engine features are also lite-C only; if you want to use them you need to convert your project to lite-C.

New programming projects should always use lite-C. It does not make any sense to start a new project in an old language.

If your lite-C project is "still very buggy", better go and fix those bugs. Lite-C is finished since a year, so there's no need to wait for new versions. There will be new lite-C features, but they won't help you with bugs that you already have with the current version.

Better you use a debugger for Lite-C, its your job.

typedef float[3] VEC3;

for example is stated in the manual, an does only give a syntax error.

That's right: http://manual.conitec.net/aarray.htm

I believe typedef is not intend to create a new data type for an array. It's good the compiler give a syntax error, not engine crash.

A7 IS SUPER DOOPER