Share Your Input: The Next LabVIEW Feature to Go Open Source

[avogadro5]

If tantalizing abandoned NI projects are on the table, the LVFPGA Advanced Session Resources would get my vote.

[billko]

Let's make NXG open source.  Couldn't hurt.

[Quiztus2]

Make the documentation of VI's open source. Periodically I think that some information is missing in the VI's documentation.

I would like to see a repo, where one could create a pull request for VI documentation.

E.g.

To more specific class:

VI Doc: 

Typecasts a reference, such as a control or a type definition, to a more specific class or interface in the inheritance hierarchy.

Returns the input's default value when an invalid type cast occurs.

Html Doc:

... 

For example, if Class A inherits from Class B, a variable of type B can hold a value of type A. You can use the function to downcast from type B to type A. If the typecast is invalid, this function returns an error at run time and an instance of the input's default value.

...

The pull request could then be peer reviewed for mistakes or different optimizations.

[crossrulz]

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@Quiztus2 wrote:

Make the documentation of VI's open source. Periodically I think that some information is missing in the VI's documentation.

I would like to see a repo, where one could create a pull request for VI documentation.

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That's the out-of-the-box thinking we need around here. My mind has just been thinking about code. Documentation is a great thing that the community could really help with.

[BertMcMahan]

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@Quiztus2 wrote:

Make the documentation of VI's open source. Periodically I think that some information is missing in the VI's documentation.

I would like to see a repo, where one could create a pull request for VI documentation.

E.g.

To more specific class:

VI Doc: 

Typecasts a reference, such as a control or a type definition, to a more specific class or interface in the inheritance hierarchy.

Returns the input's default value when an invalid type cast occurs.

Html Doc:

... 

For example, if Class A inherits from Class B, a variable of type B can hold a value of type A. You can use the function to downcast from type B to type A. If the typecast is invalid, this function returns an error at run time and an instance of the input's default value.

...

The pull request could then be peer reviewed for mistakes or different optimizations.

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Dang that's a good one!