[REBOL] Re: idea for pre-processing
From: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 20-Jun-2002 11:33
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> From: [rebol-bounce--rebol--com] [mailto:[rebol-bounce--rebol--com]]On Behalf Of
> Anton
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> Subject: [REBOL] idea for pre-processing
> The following two lines work the same:
>
> do %demo-trapezoid-morph.r
> do read %demo-trapezoid-morph.r
>
> This means that you can make a wrapper around
> 'do which will allow you to pre-process the file
> before it is run.
Hi, just to be sure I understand this. You want to make an own 'read or use the
system 'read?
> I want to optionally strip debugging lines in my
> programs, so that they run at top speed without
> them.
Yes, good idea. I would like to have such a thing as well. How about a more
generic way:
set-version [debug 1.01 beta]
version debug [print "debug output"]
version 1.01 [<normal-rebol-code>]
With this you could easly configure the behaviour of your program. Don't know if
this will lead to context problems. But something like a pre-processor etc.
would be nice. This could even be expanded into a linker.
> Has anyone done something like this?
No, sorry but I'm interested. Robert
