Any possible/alternative ways to access SV at the top of the file?

[myrroddin]

To add to Seerah's post, about local functions, frames, etc: if SmartRes2's core option panel is toggled to disable a module, then AceAddon-3.0 will fire an internal callback for that module called Disable. The reverse is also true for enabling, called Enable. These respectively provide OnDisable and OnEnable to the addon developer. See the example below.

Just like you would for any other Ace3 addon, in your module, you would have functions myModule:OnEnable() and myModule:OnDisable() where you would show or hide frames, clear variables, wipe tables, etc.

SmartRes2 does not need to know what those frames are called, or which variable does what within any module. The module controls all of its internal workings.

Just be careful about using nil on everything. It is better to make sure something exists before you recreate it. The following is a short example of the correct way.

local animal
local frame = CreateFrame('Frame', 'frameName', parentFrame)
 
function MyModule:OnEnable()
    animal = animal or "dog"
    frame:Show()
end
 
function MyModule:OnDisable()
    animal = nil
    frame:Hide()
end

[myrroddin]

Sorry, I have an error above. It is AceAddon-3.0 that fires the Enable/Disable callbacks, and AceEvent-3.0 has nothing to do with that process.

AceEvent-3.0 is totally irrelevant to the discussion at this point.

I will edit the above post.

[Layback_]

Yeap, I got how it works!

But, I still got some questions before I proceed any further.

How do you think of this kind of code structure?

local animal
 
local InitObjects, UpdateObjects
 
function InitObjects()
    local frame = CreateFrame("Frame");
    frame:RegisterUnitEvent("UNIT_POWER_FREQUENT", "player", "vehicle")
 
    function frame:OnEvent(event, ...)
        if event == "UNIT_POWER_FREQUENT" then
            self:UNIT_POWER_FREQUENT(...)
        end
    end
 
    function frame:UNIT_POWER_FREQUENT(...)
        UpdateObjects()
    end
 
    MyModule.frame = frame
end
 
function UpdateObjects()
    -- ...
end
 
function MyModule:OnInitialize()
    local state = MyAddon.db.global[MyModule:GetName()]
 
    self:SetEnabledState(state)
end
 
function MyModule:OnEnable()
    animal = animal or "dog"
 
    if not self.frame then
        InitObjects()
    else
        self.frame:Show()
    end
end
 
function MyModule:OnDisable()
    animal = nil
 
    if self.frame then
        self.frame:Hide()
    end
end

I'm slightly against creating a function within a function, but there doesn't seem to be any other solutions to create a frame, its event functions and :SetScript("OnEvent", ...) when OnIntialize function is called to avoid frames being created in spite of the modules are disabled on Login.

Of course I could create those functions in local, but if possible I would like them to be subordinated to the frame.