PBDLL wish for next version

[Ralph Berger]

I think adding c's typedef would make programming easier and the
code more readable.

#COMPILE EXE
#INCLUDE "win32api.inc"

'' c
' typedef unsigned LONG ULONG;

'' pb
typedef hWnd  AS LONG
typedef hdc   AS LONG


FUNCTION PBMAIN
    LOCAL hDlg AS hWnd
    DIALOG NEW 0, "hi",,, 250, 284,, TO hDlg
    DIALOG SHOW MODAL hDlg
END FUNCTION

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[mark smit]

Hello,


I second that request!


I would also like to see..

#DEFINE [constant] AS [type]
#UNDEF  [constant]

and...

Maybe even make PBDLL case sensitive?



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Cheers!

[Edwin Knoppert]

Instead of using call dword i would like to see the typedef as in Borland.
Than you can call the procedure using the declare directly instead of using call dword PTR.

Looks a lot of explicit/implecit matter anyway..


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[Don Dickinson]

{PERSONAL OPINION}
This is *the* thing I hate most about reading other people's C code. I have to go digging through the headers to figure our what type a variable is supposed to be. I vote a strong *NO*.
{/PERSONAL OPINION}
Best Regards,
Don


[This message has been edited by Don Dickinson (edited April 20, 2001).]

[Ralph Berger]

Don

you have to dig through the header files because typedef is
missing. I'd be happy with a simply typedef which let us name
integer,, to Extended Currency whatever we want.

Ralph

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[Gregery D Engle]

Ralph,

But BASIC isn't C is it? I think R&D has spoke up about
this type of thing in the past.

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-Greg

[Bud Durland]

I just wish I was a C programmer so I could tell what he's asking for..

typedef hWnd  AS LONG
typedef hdc   AS LONG

I kinda readable to me -- 'TypeDef' has replaced DIM. But whats' this?

' typedef unsigned LONG ULONG;

But Gregery's right, I think. This is basic, not C. And make it Case Sensitive? Eek!

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[Eric Pearson]

Bud --

typedef means "define a data type". Doing this...

typedef HANDLE as LONG

...would then allow you to do this throughout your code...

DIM hWnd AS HANDLE

typedef's are like "dumb" single-element TYPE structures, a way to give a native data type another name.

IMO the main advantage is that it allows you (for example) to change an entire program from LONG handles to DWORD handles by changing one line of code. Of course it introduces the problem of "Now how did we define a HANDLE again...? In this program...?" You have to refer back to the DIM, which refers back to the typedef. If you use a relatively simple set of typedef's it's not too bad, because you can create your own Hungarian notation to keep track of everything. But it can make reading somebody else's code very difficult.

The rough equivalent of a typedef can be accomplished in other ways using PowerBASIC, such as...

TYPE WINDOWHANDLE
     hWnd AS LONG
END TYPE

..then...

DIM MyWindow AS WINDOWHANDLE
 
MyWindow.hWnd = whatever

I like doing it that way because it encourages me to add elements to a TYPE instead of creating new variables for everything...

TYPE WINDOWINFO
     hWnd   AS LONG
     lXPos  AS LONG
     lYPos  AS LONG
     lXSize AS LONG
     lYSize AS LONG
     '(ETC.)
END TYPE

-- Eric


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[This message has been edited by Eric Pearson (edited April 20, 2001).]

[Ralph Berger]

Hi -

i don't want to join the holy war between BASIC,C,Pascal or
whatever programmers. Just thought it's a helpful idea.

Ralph

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[Peter Manders]

Wouldn't it be easier if we call them macros? It would be great to be able to create text macros, they would take care of these typedefs too, and open up many other possibilities.

So, let's ask for macros instead.
Next thing on the list would be tooltips showing a macro's definition if you hover the mouse over one.


Peter.


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[Barry Erick]

Me.. I dislike case sensitive items

I do like some other things c has but PB is not c

result = MyOpinion <> 'c'

--Barry

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