Hi
my mind is stuck - I keep stumbling on very basic issue it seems :
how can i check if 2 variables hold same (raw) symbolic value via CALM ?
Also, can i make the check case insensitive ?
I.E. assume i have :
define A foo
define B foobar
define C foo
define D FOO

How can I recognise A is holding same sym value as C and D ?
(don't need nor mandate foo/FOO itself to be defined or not - really should not matter)

help appreciated !
tx

There is no operation that would do this directly. You would have to manually split one of the values to convert it into MATCH pattern consisting of all literals. I guess I never encountered a problem that would require this kind of operation, that's why I never thought of this before.

I reckon for case sensitive compare, i cud do sthg like
calminstruction test arg1, arg2
transform arg1
stringify arg1
transform arg2
stringify arg2
check arg1=arg2
jyes same

... handle case when diff...

same
... handle case when same...

end calminstruction

test A, B
test A, C
...


... But was checking to see if there cud be some other / more efficient way
... Plus obv, does not work for case insensitive...

Read same: in calminstruction

I'm learning these things too; but here are some thoughts:

Case-insensitive matching only effect literals like MATCH =VALUE?, symbol; but the VALUE could be replaced by wrapping the calminstruction at a higher level.

Another way is to transform case insensitive values in a namespace: ... I use this to match symbolic options to a function - so the consumer can use any case.

Maybe this doesn't fix your use though?

[I would look at how fasmg supports registers for x86 implementation with algebraic terms - this prevents the need to stringify the arguments.]