"WITH" keyword

[SMcNeill]

Posts merge if you double post within just a minute or two, as long as no one else has posted after you.  It basically treats a double post as an edit to the first post.

[bplus]

Posts merge if you double post within just a minute or two, as long as no one else has posted after you.  It basically treats a double post as an edit to the first post.

I was going for a triple maybe later ;-))

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Maybe now!

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With this!!!

[bplus]

Hehe!

[mnrvovrfc]

The only thing I've to say about:

STOP TRYING TO FAKE OTHER LANGUAGES !!

QB64 is already well on its way of faking other languages. With the sort-of preprocessor it has. That was my proposal. Then it would be the programmer's choice if he/she wants to dress up BASIC like Python or something else.

`ALIAS` might have to become `$ALIAS` instead. Otherwise the name is confusing. Another BASIC straight out uses `TYPE` but it's not reasoned as part of preprocessing, which is interesting.

[madscijr]

Have there been any thoughts on making a "WITH" keyword for QB64 for assigning values to UDT members?

I would not be opposed to WITH, if and only if, the QB64PE IDE included a command to auto-fill in the explicit variable name in a selected code block. Because I personally don't like reading through code inside a WITH - it's easier for my brain to visualize what's happening by seeing the actual variable name. 

I like Steve's alias suggestion, as long as we don't go crazy with it, and start adding all kinds of complicated things (aliased types, etc.)

Just my own personal preference!

[James D Jarvis]

Just don't make it so long or shorten it when you are working in a sub or function where the work gets done.


Type areallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype_type
x as long
y as long
end type
dim thevariabelewithareallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype(100) as  areallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype_type

....
addtoX 12, thevariabelewithareallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype(i)
...

sub addtoX(N as long,v as  areallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype_type)
v.x=v.x+N
end sub

[madscijr]

Just don't make it so long or shorten it when you are working in a sub or function where the work gets done.


Type areallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype_type
x as long
y as long
end type
dim thevariabelewithareallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype(100) as  areallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype_type

....
addtoX 12, thevariabelewithareallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype(i)
...

sub addtoX(N as long,v as  areallyridiculosulylongUDTthathasaridiculouslynamedtype_type)
v.x=v.x+N
end sub

That'll work too!
:-D