-----Original Message-----
> From: Mathias Grimm [mailto:mathiasgr...@gmail.com]
> People always will want more, but some features are nice.
> for C/C++ programmers, macro is on of the best things to make thing work
> every where.
>
> its possible to create a IDE macro, but the native php feature will be good.
> template engines can de wrap this functionality too.
> is just like a variable:
>
> $method = $_GET['m'];
> $control = $_GET['c'];
>
> $c = new $control;
> $c->$method();
>
> like a macro..
>
> program is make thing dynamic.
>
> while($object = $iterator->next()) {
>
> }
>
> macro("ITER","while($object = $iterator->next())")
>
> ITER($iterator) {
> $object->save();
> }
>From a userland perspective this looks very un-PHP and potentially hugely
>confusing when new people come across it. Also what scope would these things
>exist at? global scope macro's sound like evil waiting to happen
What you are doing looks to be just slightly re-inventing the wheel for very
little gain. If you are copy and pasting code 'DRY violation' then you probably
need to rethink your code and/or make a new class/function of some sort.
Unless i'm missing something?
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Scott MacVicar <sc...@macvicar.net> wrote:
> I really dislike this, what about resolving orders, then people will want
> undef, then ifdef with conditions.
>
> The language doesn't need to introduce anything that makes it more complex
> to use.
>
> - Scott
>
> On 22 Dec 2010, at 11:55, Mathias Grimm <mathiasgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I Just want a simple replace-on-the-air to avoid spend time writing more.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >>
> >> I want to request a C/C++ feature that i think is good.
> >>>
> >>> MACRO
> >>>
> >>
> >> You know that you could write:
> >> <?php
> >> #define PF private function
> >> #define SCOPE_CLASS(x) class MyProject_ ## x
> >>
> >>
> >> class UseMacro
> >> {
> >> PF preSave($object)
> >> {
> >> //...
> >> }
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> SCOPE_CLASS(Internal)
> >> {
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> And then run it through CPP (gcc -Mcpp -E - - < in.php > out.php) and
> get
> >> all the macros processed?
> >> --
> >> Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect
> >> SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/
> >> (408)454-6900 ext. 227
> >>
>
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