Benchmarking improvements in Xojo 2023r4

[Rick_Araujo]

@Sam_Rowlands

macros

10 years ago I was talking about it, proposing it as “Alias”

With - End With

Instead of “With”, I would love a new keyword for Xojo for declaring smart macro substitutions like “alias”: [Local/Global] Alias (as | = ) The default scope is local. Use: Alias st as Window1.TextArea1.StyledText // Just a macro substitution instruction to the compiler st.Bold = True st.Italic = True st.Underline = True // Alias st as Window1.TextArea2.StyledText // reusable, from now on st gets another value st.Bold = True st.Italic = True st.Underline = True // Alias x§ as 3.1…

The forum conversion broke it, here is it fixed and updated:

@Rick_Araujo

Instead of “With”, I would love a new keyword for Xojo for declaring smart macro substitutions like “alias”:

[Local/Global] Alias (As | = )

The default scope is local.

Use:

Alias st As Window1.TextArea1.StyledText // Just a macro substitution instruction to the compiler

st.Bold = True
st.Italic = True
st.Underline = True  // same as Window1.TextArea1.StyledText.Underline = True

Alias st As Window1.TextArea2.StyledText // locally reusable, from now on st has another value

st.Bold = True
st.Italic = False   // same as Window1.TextArea2.StyledText.Italic = False
st.Underline = True 

// Parametrized

Alias x(p) = (3.1415926 * p / 2)

Dim n1 As Single = x(98.7) // Same as writing literally: (3.1415926 * 98.7 / 2)
Dim n2 As Single = x(32.1)