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okasvi

Joined: 18 Aug 2005
Posts: 382
Location: Finland

okasvi

What's wrong with this?

Code:

if ~defined GetFilePart
        extrn '_GetFilePart@8' as GetFilePart:dword
end if

I'm getting this when compiling one of the sources including the .inc file where the code above is in:

Quote:

flat assembler version 1.67.6 (567458 kilobytes memory)
error: code cannot be generated.
*** Error code: 255 ***

All the files including that seem to be doing this, bug in if ~defined?

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08 Aug 2006, 03:04

vid
Verbosity in development

Joined: 05 Sep 2003
Posts: 7105
Location: Slovakia

vid

I can't believe this still isn't in the FAQ. Tomasz, place it there.

"defined" operator means "defined anywhere in source", not "defined previously in source" like in C. and "if a is not defined then a is defined" is paradox, there is no way to interpret it, and so code cannot be generated Razz

if you want "defined previously" then i suggest this macro:

Code:

;==============================================
;ifndef
;desc: checks if expression (usually symbol) is not "defined" previously
;      in code (not in whole file, like with "if ~defined expr")
;args: expr - any expression acceptable as argument to "defined" operator
;note: end block with "end if", just like any "if" command
macro ifndef expr*
{
   local ..HERE
   if defined ..HERE | ~ defined expr
     ..HERE = 1
}

ifndef GetFilePart 
        extrn '_GetFilePart@8' as GetFilePart:dword 
end if

08 Aug 2006, 08:44

okasvi

Joined: 18 Aug 2005
Posts: 382
Location: Finland

okasvi

heh, thanks for the macro
I did read manual about if ~defined but I think I got it wrong Razz

08 Aug 2006, 09:58

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