Macros

[Quentin]

... could be a nice thing to make code easier to read. (especially for INLINE snippets)

Code: GLBasic [Select]

MACRO newcommand(var)
    INLINE
        var++;
        ...
    ENDINLINE
ENDMACRO


// use in GLBasic code
LOCAL counter%
newcommand(counter)
 

[Schranz0r]

FUNCTION can do the same...

EDIT:

Code: GLBasic [Select]

LOCAL my_var = 10
Add(my_var)

WHILE TRUE

        PRINT my_var,10,10

SHOWSCREEN
WEND
END



FUNCTION Add: BYREF var
INLINE
        var++;
ENDINLINE
ENDFUNCTION

[Quentin]

sure, but FUNCTION always does have overhead (calling, stack, ...)
Macro is a simple replacement of code, so produces bigger, but faster code.

[Kitty Hello]

macros are not type safe. I would have to run a pre-pre-compiler for the macros. A nice idea, though.

[FutureCow]

What about platform specific macros? That way you could do something like

if for iphone
  resolution = 100x200
else
  resolution = 800x600
endif