-pp compiler option

[dodicat]

Yea thanks fxm.
I was also a bit ratty with Josep Roca in the other post, also regarding -pp.
You could perhaps add as a footnote to the -pp help
Warning: repeated use of -pp has been known to cause bad temper and aloofness.

[deltarho[1859]]

I am not keen on being moderated by the hoi polloi.

Funny you should mention that because I am not overly keen either.

Warning: repeated use of -pp has been known to cause bad temper and aloofness.

Alternatively, "To be used in moderation" <grin>

[St_W]

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@dodicat: whether you want to be constructive or destructive is your decision - only your decision. There's practically no moderation on this forum so you can say nearly anything without having to fear any consequences. I just try to encourage people to take part in discussions in a constructive fashion, but unfortunately that doesn't always work out as intended :-|
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[deltarho[1859]]

There's practically no moderation on this forum so you can say nearly anything without having to fear any consequences.

What a sorry state of affairs.

[sancho3]

Following up on DKL's suggestion for an example I propose something like this:

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' FileA.bas
#Define txt(n) "File" + n
Print "Hello from " + txt("A") 

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' FileB.bas
#Macro From(n)
	Print "Hello again from " + n
#EndMacro
From("FileB")

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' FileC.bas
#Include "FileA.bas"
#Include "FileB.bas"
From("FileC") 
Print "Goodbye from " + txt("C")

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' Resulting FileC.pp.bas file
Print "Hello from " + "File" + "A"


 Print "Hello again from " + "FileB"
 Print "Hello again from " + "FileC"
Print "Goodbye from " + "File" + "C"

I see that -pp inserts lines after expanding the #includes, and indents code expanded from #macro. I am not sure if that can be cleaned up.

EDIT: I fixed an error in the macro 'From'
Off topic a bit, is it a known issue that the following does not return an error?

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print "a" "b" "c"

[Boris the Old]

I am not keen on being moderated by the hoi polloi.

• The hoi polloi is a way of referring to common people, and it is an elitist term usually used by people who consider themselves to be above the masses.

  :-(

And it's also a derogatory term commonly used by the plebs to describe the elitists who are deservingly above them. :-)

And by the way, why not just say that the -pp compiler option suppresses the actual compile, and creates a copy of the source file that shows the contents of the include statements and the code generated by the macros. There's really not much more to say about it.

Rod

[fxm]

And by the way, why not just say that the -pp compiler option suppresses the actual compile, and creates a copy of the source file that shows the contents of the include statements and the code generated by the macros. There's really not much more to say about it.

I think that's what's written now in the manual (Compiler Option: -pp)
Me too, I think that's enough!