Has anyone attempted to create a external symbol table?
Only in my head, Kevin.
The model I use as a starting point is the HyperCard utility, CompileIt!, written by Tom Pittman. It was designed as a symbol table for compiling HC externals.
CompileIt! shipped with predefined symbols for most Mac OS 9 ToolBox calls and unique parameter & record structure field names.
It also included a window where one can define one's own symbols. One enters the symbol name and type, eg:
Constant
ROM global variable
Record field
External command or function
Text callback
Binary callback
Raw inline codeOther info is entered depending on the symbol type, eg: value for constants, variable type & offset for record fields.
Somewhere I have CompileIt! specs for the "glue" required to define system calls; but I was never able to fully understand it or define any undefined system call that supported call backs.
And, of course, a symbol table stack is worthless unless & until the Run Rev team educates the Script Editor/compiler to recognize & use it.
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