[Gambas-bugtracker] Bug #2585: Allow Structure and extern definitions to be included at compile time

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Brian G reported a new bug.

Summary
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Allow Structure and extern definitions to be included at compile time

Type             : Request
Priority         : Medium
Gambas version   : Master
Product          : Development Environment


Description
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Right now if I use a structure or extern in a number of modules, I must redefine the structure or extern  in each module.
 
As an example if I have a number of modules or classes that use a specific message header structure and that structure is embedded into a number of specific message type structures
that same structure must be defined over and over again in each module or class which represents the specific message structure.

The compiler already knows if any structure definition in a module/class differs from the definition in any other Module/class. 

This leads to a lot of work if that structure or extern definition changes, having to revisit every file from which it is called/used.

Would it be possible to enable the #include or include directive in the ide such that it can include files from the data folder into the application source.

So in data folder I define my Structures.inc and Externals.inc files and in each of my modules or classes that use those structures I simple do an
include "Structures.inc","externals.inc"
in my source code. 

This already works well with scripts.

This would be a tremendous help when working with external functions and structures.

This is one method to solve this issue, maybe there are others. But it certainly would reduce development/maintenance error possibilities and time
a very great deal.

Thanks

Brian G


System information
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[System]
Gambas=3.17.90
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