What symbols can I use in macro names?

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Rubyko

Joined: 03 Mar 2017
Posts: 6

Rubyko 07 Mar 2017, 05:47

Hello. What symbols can I use in macro names? What are the rules of the order of the symbols? I want to use dummy macro with a name "|" for demonstrating loop boundaries:

Code:

macro | {}

loop1:
|
|    loop2:
|    |
|    |
|    |
|    loop loop2
|
loop loop1

07 Mar 2017, 05:47

revolution
When all else fails, read the source

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revolution 07 Mar 2017, 07:27

It all in the source:

Code:

symbol_characters db 27
 db 9,0Ah,0Dh,1Ah,20h,'+-/*=<>()[]{}:,|&~#`;\'

When all else fails, read the source.

07 Mar 2017, 07:27

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar 07 Mar 2017, 07:45

The special characters are also defined in the section 1.2.1 of the manual.

07 Mar 2017, 07:45

revolution
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revolution 07 Mar 2017, 07:50

Hehe, source code is always current; documentation and manuals not always so. Razz

07 Mar 2017, 07:50

Rubyko

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Rubyko 07 Mar 2017, 08:52

Thank you guys =)

07 Mar 2017, 08:52

Furs

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Posts: 2564

Furs 07 Mar 2017, 12:03

Personally I would just use indentation to show loop boundaries.

But if you really want to use a macro like that, try the lowercase L character for the macro? Depending on your font it looks almost the same.

Code:

macro l {}

loop1:
l
l    loop2:
l    l
l    l
l    l
l    loop loop2
l
loop loop1

I don't think that's going to work on lines that have other commands, unless you use a macro parameter for them. IMO not worth the effort, just use indentation Wink

07 Mar 2017, 12:03

revolution
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revolution 07 Mar 2017, 12:14

Or set your editor to show tab characters.

07 Mar 2017, 12:14

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