[Gambas-user] About library and component packaging in Gambas 3

[tobi]

On Sat, 05 May 2012, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Le 05/05/2012 15:30, tobi a écrit :
> >>
> >> OK.
> >> But just for interest, what do you mean by "impossible to analyze"? Excuse me, but I haven't read
> >> anything from the compiler yet. (When you say "analyze", I think of line numbers and stuff
> >> (optimisation can be done later, too, right?), but line numbers would be possible, I'm almost a bit
> >> certain, to report to the IDE, if that is what you mean)
> >> I just tested it and found that cpp warns at ['] the gambas comment character which, of course, may
> >> not ahve any closing ['] one and thus confuses the program but it fearlessly ignores that and
> >> continues as expected.
> >>
>  >> ...
> 
> "cpp" means "C PreProcessor". This program was designed (not always 
> intelligently) for the C-language.
> 
> This is the reason why there is a preprocessor inside the Gambas 
> compiler dedicated to the Gambas language.
> 
> But this preprocessor is very rudimentary, only the really needed 
> features being implemented.
> 
> When I say "impossible to analyze", I mean that a preprocessor like 
> "cpp" is really obfuscating the real code, and so it will prevent the 
> development from analyzing the code. Then you can say bye-bye to 
> automatic completion, method arguments popups and so on.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Benoît Minisini
> 
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Yes, and even the manpage warns about using cpp with other languages and recommends one that is
built especially for the certain language. (Although, I find it rather powerful apart from C)
I didn't know the preprocessor was responsible for these nifty things. It seems to already play a
great role - I was entirely focused on the directives it provides which permit to think that it
wasn't that important and could be easily replaced.
Sorry for the noise.

Regards,
Tobi