Ray Henry wrote: >Hi Ken > >Thank you again for your systematic approach to making changes to the >interpreter and how we enter commands. I do like the idea of named >variables -- I've use a lot of #1000 = 12 or whatever. I don't see any >problem with replacing the number part of the parameter call with a >name. > >#myloopincr = 12 > >or > >y#myloopincr > > >Why do you feel that the named reference needs to be bracketed? > > One problem with G-code is that whitespace is removed. This makes it difficult to "see" the end of a name.
Consider the following: #Xmax = 20 #Ymax = 6 G0 Y#YMax X#Xmax The parser sees g0y#ymaxx#xmax There's no way to tell if you were trying to paste two variables together to move to y=020 (ymaxx would be 0 the first time it's used), or move to y=6, x=20. - Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
