newest version of premiere doesn't allow arrays in scripting

[joshuar83804708]

I recently updated my Premiere pro version to the current 2020. I've noticed that arrays no longer appear to be supported in the scripting engine. for instance

ml = []

alert(ml)

breaks the entire script. what happened? is there an alertanative that I can use instead of arrays? how do i move around my data?

the error i get 

"

Runtime Error: Error Code# 1: Illegal Parameter type @ file

"

[joshuar83804708]

this problem occurs in my visul-studio debug env, and also breaks my old custom plugins that feature arrays. please help!

[Bruce Bullis · Accepted solution]

Arrays work great in New World.

What you're running into is that New World does not provide support for implicit type coercion to String, which is what alert(ml) relies upon. 

[Eli Portell · Accepted solution]

I believe with New World scripting the types are more strict. Can you do alert( ml.toString() )?

[joshuar83804708]

thanks Eli, I just tried that and it works.