How works text macro?

[HerlySQR]

I saw people used it, but I don't know how it works?, and is something that only works in vJass?

 

[HerlySQR]

Hello?

 

[Elprede]

A textmacro generates code. It has an application in avoiding code redundancy. In other words, you won't have to write the same shit with little to no changes over and over again. What a waste of time! Ugh!

For instance, look at the textmacros in the library Table. All that code embedded within the //! textmacro and //! endtextmacro lines will be generated for each variable type via //! runtextmacro lines:

Table

//! textmacro NEW_ARRAY_BASIC takes SUPER, FUNC, TYPE
private struct $TYPE$s extends array
    method operator [] takes integer key returns $TYPE$
        return Load$FUNC$(ht, this, key)
    endmethod
    method operator []= takes integer key, $TYPE$ value returns nothing
        call Save$FUNC$(ht, this, key, value)
    endmethod
    method has takes integer key returns boolean
        return HaveSaved$SUPER$(ht, this, key)
    endmethod
    method remove takes integer key returns nothing
        call RemoveSaved$SUPER$(ht, this, key)
    endmethod
endstruct
private module $TYPE$m
    method operator $TYPE$ takes nothing returns $TYPE$s
        return this
    endmethod
endmodule
//! endtextmacro
  
//! textmacro NEW_ARRAY takes FUNC, TYPE
private struct $TYPE$s extends array
    method operator [] takes integer key returns $TYPE$
        return Load$FUNC$Handle(ht, this, key)
    endmethod
    method operator []= takes integer key, $TYPE$ value returns nothing
        call Save$FUNC$Handle(ht, this, key, value)
    endmethod
    method has takes integer key returns boolean
        return HaveSavedHandle(ht, this, key)
    endmethod
    method remove takes integer key returns nothing
        call RemoveSavedHandle(ht, this, key)
    endmethod
endstruct
private module $TYPE$m
    method operator $TYPE$ takes nothing returns $TYPE$s
        return this
    endmethod
endmodule
//! endtextmacro
  
//Run these textmacros to include the entire hashtable API as wrappers.
//Don't be intimidated by the number of macros - Vexorian's map optimizer is
//supposed to kill functions which inline (all of these functions inline).
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY_BASIC("Real", "Real", "real")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY_BASIC("Boolean", "Boolean", "boolean")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY_BASIC("String", "Str", "string")
//New textmacro to allow table.integer[] syntax for compatibility with textmacros that might desire it.
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY_BASIC("Integer", "Integer", "integer")
  
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Player", "player")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Widget", "widget")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Destructable", "destructable")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Item", "item")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Unit", "unit")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Ability", "ability")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Timer", "timer")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Trigger", "trigger")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("TriggerCondition", "triggercondition")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("TriggerAction", "triggeraction")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("TriggerEvent", "event")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Force", "force")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Group", "group")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Location", "location")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Rect", "rect")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("BooleanExpr", "boolexpr")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Sound", "sound")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Effect", "effect")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("UnitPool", "unitpool")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("ItemPool", "itempool")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Quest", "quest")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("QuestItem", "questitem")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("DefeatCondition", "defeatcondition")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("TimerDialog", "timerdialog")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Leaderboard", "leaderboard")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Multiboard", "multiboard")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("MultiboardItem", "multiboarditem")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Trackable", "trackable")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Dialog", "dialog")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Button", "button")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("TextTag", "texttag")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Lightning", "lightning")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Image", "image")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Ubersplat", "ubersplat")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Region", "region")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("FogState", "fogstate")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("FogModifier", "fogmodifier")
//! runtextmacro NEW_ARRAY("Hashtable", "hashtable")

As for other languages, those might have something similar. For others, something like a textmacro might even be unnecessary.

 

[HerlySQR]

Oh, thank you for the explaining.

 

[HerlySQR]

Question, what happened if some the macros are a string value?

 

[Wrda]

Macros don't have values, they just literally generate and replace text, with an argument, with another text.

 

[HerlySQR]

Macros don't have values, they just literally generate and replace text, with an argument, with another text.

Well ok, anyway I used the thing of \"