{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tbeu/ExternData/issues/11","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tbeu/ExternData","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tbeu/ExternData/issues/11/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tbeu/ExternData/issues/11/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tbeu/ExternData/issues/11/events","html_url":"https://github.com/tbeu/ExternData/issues/11","id":184440584,"number":11,"title":"Make the external object instance a parameter?","user":{"login":"harmanpa","id":1428593,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1428593?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa","html_url":"https://github.com/harmanpa","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/harmanpa/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-10-21T09:31:03Z","updated_at":"2016-10-21T09:34:55Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Is there a specific reason the external object instance is not a parameter? For example:\r\n`    protected\r\n      Types.ExternXLSFile xls=Types.ExternXLSFile(fileName, encoding);`\r\ncould be:\r\n`    protected\r\n      parameter Types.ExternXLSFile xls=Types.ExternXLSFile(fileName, encoding);`\r\nI'm using Dymola and it doesn't allow the calling of the functions such as getReal() to set parameters if the external object isn't a parameter.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tbeu/ExternData/issues/comments/255337443","html_url":"https://github.com/tbeu/ExternData/issues/11#issuecomment-255337443","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tbeu/ExternData/issues/11","id":255337443,"user":{"login":"tbeu","id":5444067,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5444067?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu","html_url":"https://github.com/tbeu","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tbeu/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-10-21T09:34:55Z","updated_at":"2016-10-21T09:34:55Z","body":"Well, I tested with Dymola and it should work.\r\n\r\nThe reason is that we have the object construction the same way for [ModelicaStandardTables](https://github.com/svn2github/Modelica_StandardLibrary/blob/master/Modelica/Blocks/Tables.mo#L33-L39)."}}
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