Hello,
I want to make sure that complete boolean evaluation for certain code sections is on.
However after the code section I want the "complete boolean evaluation" compiler switch state back to what it was/the default.
So I would like to write something like:
{$if BOOLEVAL = ON}
{$define CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOn}
{$ifend}
{$if BOOLEVAL = OFF}
{$define CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOff}
{$ifend}
{$BOOLEVAL ON}
... code section ...
{$if CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOn}
{BOOLEVAL ON}
{$ifend}
{$if CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOff}
{BOOLEVAL OFF}
{$ifend}So I would like the rest of the code to be un-effected by my compiler switch change just to make sure that everything else compiles as normal/default.
However it either doesn't seem to be possible to write it like this or I am not good enough at writing conditional compiler directives.
Is it possible to solve it with compiler directives ?
If not then perhaps Delphi Compiler needs a "default" directive like so:
{$BOOLEVAL DEFAULT}This would take the project options default value for this compiler directive to solve the problem ! ;) =D
I haven’t tried yet with Free Pascal, so what you guys think ? Possible or not ?! (I’m thinking not... so not even going to try it... but do surprise me if you can !)
To help you try it out here is a test program.
It's a little bit like an abortion... it's a little bit fucked up ! ;) =D But it's not to bad... if you do know how to solve it... then you can do it ! ;) =D
// *** Begin of Test Program ***
program TestProgram;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}{
Test complete boolean evaluation compiler switches to see if they are unit/file width or per routine or per code section
version 0.01 created on 14 june 2011 by Skybuck Flying
Conclusion: it works per code section however there is a potential problem:
It might not be possible to return to the "default settings" ?!?
For example once B+ is done all code below it will be effected ?!? B- might then turn it off... but what if project default was on ?!?
Perhaps it can be solved with $if or so... and some kind of storage...
}
uses
SysUtils;
function Function1 : boolean;
begin
writeln('function1 called');
result := true;
end;
function Function2 : boolean;
begin
writeln('function2 called');
result := false;
end;
function Function3 : boolean;
begin
writeln('function3 called');
result := false;
end;
// default result: function3 not called, pretty bad.
procedure TestRoutine1;
var
vResult : boolean;
begin
writeln('TestRoutine1 begin');
vResult := true;
vResult := vResult and Function1;
vResult := vResult and Function2;
vResult := vResult and Function3;
writeln('TestRoutine1 vResult: ', vResult );
writeln('TestRoutine1 end');
end;
procedure TestRoutine2;
var
vResult : boolean;
begin
{$BOOLEVAL ON}
{$if (BOOLEVAL = ON)}
{$define CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOn }
writeln('it''s on');
{$else}
{$define CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOff}
writeln('it''s off');
{$ifend}
{$BOOLEVAL ON}
writeln('TestRoutine2 begin1');
vResult := true;
vResult := vResult and Function1;
vResult := vResult and Function2;
vResult := vResult and Function3;
writeln('TestRoutine2 vResult: ', vResult );
writeln('TestRoutine2 end1');
{$BOOLEVAL OFF}
writeln('TestRoutine2 begin2');
vResult := true;
vResult := vResult and Function1;
vResult := vResult and Function2; // off works... so it's code specific ok nice. however what will happen outside of code... will it go to default ?!?
vResult := vResult and Function3;
writeln('TestRoutine2 vResult: ', vResult );
writeln('TestRoutine2 end2');
{$if Defined(CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOn)}
writeln('turning it on');
{$BOOLEVAL ON}
{$ifend}
{$if Defined(CompleteBooleanEvaluationWasOff)}
writeln('turning it off');
{$BOOLEVAL OFF}
{$ifend}
writeln('TestRoutine2 begin3');
vResult := true;
vResult := vResult and Function1;
vResult := vResult and Function2; // off works... so it's code specific ok nice. however what will happen outside of code... will it go to default ?!?
vResult := vResult and Function3;
writeln('TestRoutine2 vResult: ', vResult );
writeln('TestRoutine2 end3');
end;
// little problem... booleval remains on... and now we don't know what the default behaviour was ?!?
// it's desireable to fall back to default behaviour for the rest of the code ?!?
procedure TestRoutine3;
var
vResult : boolean;
begin
writeln('TestRoutine3 begin');
vResult := true;
vResult := vResult and Function1;
vResult := vResult and Function2;
vResult := vResult and Function3;
writeln('TestRoutine3 vResult: ', vResult );
writeln('TestRoutine3 end');
end;
procedure Main;
begin
writeln('program started');
TestRoutine1;
TestRoutine2;
TestRoutine3;
writeln('program finished');
end;
begin
try
Main;
except
on E: Exception do
Writeln(E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
end;
ReadLn;
end.// *** End of Test Program ***
Bye,
Skybuck.