Calling AccelStepper _direction protected boolean

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I'm trying to do things based on the direction the stepper is moving. As a test, I tried running

    while (drive.isRunning())
    {
        Serial.print(drive._direction);
        Serial.println();
    }

but when I wennt to build the sketch I got the error

Building in release mode
Compiling .pio/build/teensy40/src/main.cpp.o
In file included from src/main.cpp:2:0:
/Users/jacksonlindley/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoteensy/libraries/AccelStepper/src/AccelStepper.h: In function 'void loop()':
/Users/jacksonlindley/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoteensy/libraries/AccelStepper/src/AccelStepper.h:598:13: error: 'boolean AccelStepper::_direction' is protected
     boolean _direction; // 1 == CW
             ^
src/main.cpp:32:28: error: within this context
         Serial.print(drive._direction);
                            ^
*** [.pio/build/teensy40/src/main.cpp.o] Error 1

Is there a way to create actions based on current direction?

ie if(stepper.isRunning() && stepper._direction == 1) ... do thing

2

drive.distanceToGo() returns a signed value, the sign will tell you the current direction, and
if its zero you'll know its stopped.

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