Suggestion: if-else match

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m3ntal

Joined: 08 Dec 2013
Posts: 296

m3ntal 23 Nov 2014, 06:27

How about this? Or similar with {}?

Code:

if match a, p
  ; ...
else if match b, p
  ; ...
else if match c, p
  ; ...
else if match d, p
  ; ...
else
  ; ...
end if

Instead of this?

Code:

define s 0
match =0 a, s p {
  ; ...
  define s 1
}
match =0 b, s p {
  ; ...
  define s 1
}
match =0 c, s p {
  ; ...
  define s 1
}
match =0 d, s p {
  ; ...
  define s 1
}
match =0, s {
  ; ...
}

I know, match=preprocessor and if=assembly directive but they could work together like this.

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23 Nov 2014, 06:27

l_inc

Joined: 23 Oct 2009
Posts: 881

l_inc 23 Nov 2014, 14:22

m3ntal
Assembly and preprocessing directives won't play together anyway. But an elsematch has already been requested.
Here's an alternative interesting way without an additional preprocessor constant (suggested by baldr):

Code:

match a, p
{
    ; ...
    rept 0 \{
}
rept 1 { match b, p
\{
    ; ...
    rept 0 \\{
\}
rept 1 \{ match c, p
\\{
    ; ...
    rept 0 \\\{
\\}
rept 1 \\{ match d, p
\\\{
    ; ...
    rept 0 \\\\{
\\\}
rept 1 \\\{
    ; ...
\\\}\\}\}}

You may wanna try to introduce a bit of a simplified syntactic sugar using the fix directive.

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23 Nov 2014, 14:22

m3ntal

Joined: 08 Dec 2013
Posts: 296

m3ntal 23 Nov 2014, 15:04

Thanks, I didn't notice that. It is possible, though. "if-else + match" could be preprocessed just like match and if-else without match would be the normal assembly directives which would be skipped.

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

I've been thinking about some kind of elsematch directive ever since I introduced match. But I never decided on a good name for it... and since it was possible to manage (though not as elegantly) with match alone, I repeatedly dropped it from my "to do" list.

Edit: if-else after match may be better:

Code:

match if ...
match else ...

23 Nov 2014, 15:04

m3ntal

Joined: 08 Dec 2013
Posts: 296

m3ntal 24 Nov 2014, 04:33

I suggest this syntax:

Code:

match if a,b {
  ; ...
}
match else if a,b {
  ; ...
}
match else {
  ; ...
}
match end

24 Nov 2014, 04:33

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