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revolution
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revolution 18 Dec 2005, 00:57
I have a problem with concatenation when using an empty macro parameter
Code:
struc ABC_BAR {.value rd 1}

virtual at 0
   ABC_BAR ABC_BAR
end virtual

macro foo var1*,prefix*,structure,var2 {
  mov eax,var1
  if ~ structure eq
     mov edx,[eax+prefix#_#structure#.#var2]
        ;the above line has an "invalid address" error
        ;if "structure" is empty. The line looks like this:
        ;"mov edx,[eax+ABC_#.]" after macro expansion
  end if
}

foo baz,ABC,BAR,value ;this line is okay
foo baz,ABC           ;this line fails with "invalid address"    
The only working solution I have right now is this:
Code:
struc ABC_BAR {.value rd 1}

virtual at 0
   ABC_BAR ABC_BAR
end virtual

macro foo var1*,prefix*,structure,var2 {
  mov eax,var1
  if ~ structure eq xxx ;note the ugly "xxx"
     mov edx,[eax+prefix#_#structure#.#var2]
  end if
}

foo baz,ABC,BAR,value
foo baz,ABC,xxx    
But it is not nice with the XXX in there. Is there some other "clean" way I can solve this?
Post 18 Dec 2005, 00:57
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Tomasz Grysztar



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Tomasz Grysztar 18 Dec 2005, 01:46
This is because two # characters in a row are treated the same as \# - this was kept for the backward compatibility. The # character that is left then causes trouble to the parser. But you can use help of the "match" to save parser from handling such line:
Code:
  match any,structure
  \{
     mov edx,[eax+prefix#_#structure#.#var2]
  \}    


BTW, do you think I should remove that "multiple #" feature? It is not even documented anymore.
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revolution
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revolution 18 Dec 2005, 03:29
Quote:
But you can use help of the "match" to save parser from handling such line.
Yep, that is much cleaner, thanks. I must be too tired, I should have seen that myself!

Quote:
BTW, do you think I should remove that "multiple #" feature? It is not even documented anymore.
Hmm, that is a tricky question to answer. If I want to be totally selfish then I would say it is okay to remove. Some time back I went through all my macros and changed them to use the "". But, of course, it is probably best to leave it in as long as possible to help with backward compatibility. I don't see anyone posting a message indicating it causing a problem that can't be solved.
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vid
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vid 19 Dec 2005, 15:34
tomasz: IMO this problem shows is that you should remove ## feature.
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