[fpc-pascal] Proper preprocessor?

[Sven Barth]

Ryan Joseph <ryan at thealchemistguild.com> schrieb am Mi., 20. Juni 2018,
17:41:

>
>
> > On Jun 20, 2018, at 10:02 PM, Michael Van Canneyt <
> michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
> >
> > Because it is a simple textual token replacement at present. Supporting
> arguments would mean parsing the macro, parsing whatever comes after it,
> matching the arguments etc. A whole added layer of complexity.
>
> It’s like a simplified regular expression. Capture anything inside () on
> the left side and replace occurrences on the right side.
>
> {$define hello(me) := writeln(‘hello me')}
>
> hello(world) becomes writeln(‘hello world’)
>

In Pascal you'd use inline functions for this one though of course with
strong typing and not some identifier that both a human and the IDE will
have to guess what it is.

Regards,
Sven

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