Const

[AndyH]

I see const (lowercase) is recognised in the editor color coding.  I assume for inline C?  Any chance of having a GLB version too?

For example

INLINE
const int xorigin = 320;
const int yorigin = 240;
ENDINLINE

But I'd like (or somegthing similar)

CONST xorigin = 320
CONST yorigin = 240

So I can define my global constants somewhere (or even local ones in functions) rather than waste memory on variables.

[Kitty Hello]

I've got it on my WIP list.

[AndyH]

cool.  Thanks Gernot.

[AndyH]

BTW, I thought about using some constants for the key codes, coming from the Blitz world these constants are quite familiar and readable in the code.  If I put these in the main file:

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INLINE
const int KEY_ESCAPE=1;
const int KEY_1=2;
const int KEY_2=3;
const int KEY_3=4;
const int KEY_4=5;
const int KEY_5=6;
const int KEY_6=7;
const int KEY_7=8;
const int KEY_8=9;
const int KEY_9=10;
const int KEY_0=11;

ENDINLINEI can refer to them in that same file.  If I try to refer to them in any other file in my project they do not exist.  Likewise if I define them in another file in my project I can not access them.  Is there anyway to make these constants global to the entire program?

[Kitty Hello]

There's already a solution for that with a TYPE.  Ah here it is:
http://www.glbasic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=679

[AndyH]

That's a great solution Gernot.  Thanks!  You should add a category to the built in help to contain useful code snippets such as this