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Re: wishlist : structures

• Posted by "Cuny, David at DSS" <David.Cuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Nov 07, 2000
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©koda wrote:

>>   -- type foo
>>   constant
>>      this = 0,
>>      that = 1,
>>      the_other = 3
>
> No one would use these nopractical artificial structures. 

Your point is taken - there's little incentive to use an artificial system.
I used a pre-processor for a while to write code, but eventually abandoned
it because I got tired of the overhead.

> Yes, but while there are no structures we for 
> sure won't get that cool dropdown in any IDE.

No, but I agree that it's unlikely that people will be happy with a
compromise - especially if it only worked in one particular Euphoria IDE.

But I think my point remains. Even if we had sequences added to Euphoria, it
would still take a bit of work to add that cool VB magic to the IDE. The
editor would have to be able to parse the source file (and included files)
that was being edited, and track the types of each variable, along with the
fields of each struct. There are a lot of things that could be added to the
editor right now, for example: keyword completion, or tooltip help showing
routine prototypes. While it's certainly possible, it's not entirely
trivial.

-- David Cuny