Discussion Nesting textmacroes

[Magentix]

Suppose this: I want a user to be able to create a set of structs with a textmacro. But inside the struct, there's a ton of functions that could use textmacroing as well.

Ergo: Nesting textmacroes would be the obvious solution, too bad it isn't allowed, though...


Example:

//! textmacro StructCreate takes NAME
    struct $NAME$
        integer i
        real r
        string s
        unit u
        // Etc...

        method setinteger takes integer val returns nothing
            set .i = val
        endmethod

        method setreal takes real val returns nothing
            set .r = val
        endmethod

        method setstring takes string val returns nothing
            set .s = val
        endmethod

        method setunit takes unit val returns nothing
            set .u = val
        endmethod

        // Etc...
    endstruct
//! endtextmacro

//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S1")
//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S2")
//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S3")
//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S4")

Would look so much better as:

//! textmacro Methods takes TYPE, VARNAME 
        method set$TYPE$ takes $TYPE$ val returns nothing
            set .$VARNAME$ = val
        endmethod
//! endtextmacro
//! textmacro StructCreate takes NAME
    struct $NAME$
        integer i
        real r
        string s
        unit u
        // Etc...

        //! runtextmacro Methods("integer","i")
        //! runtextmacro Methods("real","ri")
        //! runtextmacro Methods("string","s")
        //! runtextmacro Methods("unit","u")
        // Etc...
    endstruct
//! endtextmacro

//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S1")
//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S2")
//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S3")
//! runtextmacro StructCreate("S4")

Could this be possible in NewGen?

 

[kingkingyyk3]

No... Jasshelper does not allow nested textmacro.

 

[Magentix]

No... Jasshelper does not allow nested textmacro.

Well, I know that. I'm opening the discussion to see if it would be possible, what it could mean to some systems and what could be the potential road blocks for it...

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

You can nest textmacros with modules.
To some extent.

 

[Anachron]

i like the textmacros, the only disatvantages are:
- you cannot run a textmacro in a textmacro

//! textmacro bla takes V
//! run textmacro bi("$V$)
//! endtextmacro

- there are no loop/if then else functions for them
[jass="if-suggestion"]
//! textmacro bla takes V
set $V$=x
//! macroif (V=="4")
call set$V$(12,false)
//! elsemacro
call set$V$(12,true)
//! endmacroif
//! endtextmacro
[/jass]

[jass="loop-suggestion"]
//! textmacro bla takes V
set $V$=x
//! macroloop
//! macroloopexit (V=="4")
call set$V$(12,false)
call set$V$(12,true)
//! endmacroloop
//! endtextmacro
[/jass]

Tot: nested runtextmacro is planned, I'll also make a way to repeat a block of text with a list of arguments, not going to do any of that horrid macroif or macroloop stuff though.

However, Vexorian never did it.