On 2 March 2011 15:05, Michael Haberler <[email protected]> wrote:

> 3. provide a, say, M-code to save the current active G/M-codes, feeds and 
> speeds in the interpreter stack frame, and either restore on return from 
> subroutine, or explicitely restore with another, say, M-code.

I like this approach. From the perspective of a computer programmer
you expect subroutines not to mess with the calling program state. But
as a CNC machinist you are likely to assume quite the opposite
behaviour.
So, I think making state-caching a deliberate action for programmers
to do, and leaving CNC operatives with the behaviour they are used to
is best.

One hugely important application for this would be your
toolchange-as-G-code stuff. It would be disastrous to perform a metric
toolchange in inches!

-- 
atp
"Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men"

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