OpenEuphoria

Re: Secret new routine_id() feature. (Attn: Rob)

• Posted by CoJaBo <CoJaBo_EUforum_Address at CJBN.net> Dec 09, 2004
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Andy Serpa wrote:
> 
> 
> I just noticed that in v2.5, routine_id() can now "see ahead" and give you
> routine
> numbers for functions occuring below in the code or in files including after
> the current
> one (if the routine is global).  This new ability is not in the release notes,
> and
> the docs for routine_id() still say the routine must be "visible" to get the
> routine
> number.
> 
> I assume this stems from the fact that all the code is now parsed in advance. 
> While
> this is a welcome change, it begs the question: why not now allow full forward
> referencing
> and let us call routines defined below in the code directly?
That would definatly help eliminate some of the
messy, hard to read code I've had to right as
a fix for this limitation.

> 
> [ Rob: if you actually did not know of this new ability, which I suspect since
> it is
> not mentioned anywhere, please leave it that way. ]
>