Get a return value from "mac(function)" ?

[Crankyhobo]

What i need is to run a function by variable and get its TRUE/FALSE return value.

The only way i could find that would run a function dynamically was mac(function), but it appears to return true if it was found/executed, rather than returning the return values of the function itself.

I can do it with the new thread setting a global variable like this:

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function str'name

name = "function1" ;; temp

int+ async_result;
async_result=0;

int hThread=mac(name)
wait 0 H hThread

if(async_result) out "True"
else out "False"

Function1

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function#
;;checks something, returns true
int+ async_result = 1;

Is there a better way i can do this?