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quiveror



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quiveror 03 Jul 2004, 22:14
I looked in 'proc' macro and wonder about the symbol 'first@args'. What is this used for ? Why should we need this ? I only found its use in 'endp' macro, just to construct and purge an empty macro like:
macro rstargs#first@args _% %_
rstargs all@args
purge rstargs#first@args
Can it erase these from the source file ?
Cheers,
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JohnFound



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JohnFound 03 Jul 2004, 22:53
quiveror wrote:
I looked in 'proc' macro and wonder about the symbol 'first@args'. What is this used for ? Why should we need this ? I only found its use in 'endp' macro, just to construct and purge an empty macro like:



Code:
   macro rstargs#first@args _% %_
   rstargs all@args
   purge rstargs#first@args
    


The trick is deep here. Smile
If "first@args" is equal to empty string (in case you define procedure with zero arguments) the first row will redefine the macro "rstargs" to empty macro that do nothing - so the next line "rstargs all@args" will do nothing too.
The third row purges the so defined macro.

Regards.
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quiveror



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quiveror 04 Jul 2004, 16:46
what a nice trick! Thank you V. much
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