Named store

[SinnyROM]

I want to learn more about named stores in Ren'Py. Is it similar to the concept of namespaces in other programming languages? Can it be used in a way to organize global variables and functions?

For example, my game is composed of story/VN and RPG battle segments. Possibly the battle parts will have a lot of variables that pertain to it but not necessarily outside of battle. I could have turn orders, status ailments, battle formations, etc. in the global variables, but it might seem cluttered to have them around during the story segnents. What are the advantages and disadvantages in creating a named store for battle variables and functions for this example?

[PyTom]

They're like namespaces in other programming languages.

The main downside is they're fairly incomplete - at this point, there's no way for a screen or a text substitution to access a named store except using its name.

[SinnyROM]

Great. I'm a little confused on what you mean by no way of accessing except by name though. This is what I have from the example documentation which shows the correct values without complaint - unless I'm thinking of something else entirely.

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screen debug():
    frame:
        has vbox
        text "variable: [variable]"
        text "mystore.variable: [mystore.variable]"

init python in mystore:
    variable = 0

init python:
    import store.mystore as mystore

label start:
    show screen debug
    $ variable = 1
    "Showing variables with a screen"
    "variable: [variable]"
    "mystore.variable: [mystore.variable]"