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From: MR
Subject: macro parameters ??
Date: 26 Jul 1999 17:11:44
Message: <379ccf10@news.povray.org>

hello,

well i've got a bunch of macros... each one of them accepts
4 to 6 parameters.  now i want to put all the macros in one
giant mother-of-all-macros.

does my parameter field for the big daddy macro need to
contain ALL the parameters that are accepted by the
contained macros?

thanks, miker

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From: Spider
Subject: Re: macro parameters ??
Date: 29 Jul 1999 11:33:10
Message: <379F6133.D5BB91F0@bahnhof.se>

MR wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> well i've got a bunch of macros... each one of them accepts
> 4 to 6 parameters.  now i want to put all the macros in one
> giant mother-of-all-macros.
> 
> does my parameter field for the big daddy macro need to
> contain ALL the parameters that are accepted by the
> contained macros?
> 
> thanks, miker
Depends on the macro. You'll have to be more specific.

ie: can two macros share the same input value?
can a macro generate data for another? 

and so on.

//Spider

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From: PoD
Subject: Re: macro parameters ??
Date: 29 Jul 1999 15:51:22
Message: <37A0B0DB.50986283@merlin.net.au>

Spider wrote:
> 
> MR wrote:
> >
> > hello,
> >
> > well i've got a bunch of macros... each one of them accepts
> > 4 to 6 parameters.  now i want to put all the macros in one
> > giant mother-of-all-macros.
> >
> > does my parameter field for the big daddy macro need to
> > contain ALL the parameters that are accepted by the
> > contained macros?
> >
> > thanks, miker
> Depends on the macro. You'll have to be more specific.
> 
> ie: can two macros share the same input value?
> can a macro generate data for another?
> 
> and so on.
> 
> //Spider

Sure, why not?

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From: Spider
Subject: Re: macro parameters ??
Date: 30 Jul 1999 14:15:58
Message: <37A0E718.E5C6E135@bahnhof.se>

PoD wrote:
> 
> Spider wrote:
> >
> > MR wrote:
> > >
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > well i've got a bunch of macros... each one of them accepts
> > > 4 to 6 parameters.  now i want to put all the macros in one
> > > giant mother-of-all-macros.
> > >
> > > does my parameter field for the big daddy macro need to
> > > contain ALL the parameters that are accepted by the
> > > contained macros?
> > >
> > > thanks, miker
> > Depends on the macro. You'll have to be more specific.
> >
> > ie: can two macros share the same input value?
> > can a macro generate data for another?
> >
> > and so on.
> >
> > //Spider
> 
> Sure, why not?

AFAIK there is a limit to how many parameters you use in a macro.. Think
it's 16 or so.. Have a look in the source rather than belive me.

//Spider
--nothing is real, nothing, nothing, nothing is  real.

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From: Steve
Subject: Re: macro parameters ??
Date: 30 Jul 1999 15:31:56
Message: <37A1F85F.FA43769A@ndirect.co.uk>

Testing it would be a strar. 

MR wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> well i've got a bunch of macros... each one of them accepts
> 4 to 6 parameters.  now i want to put all the macros in one
> giant mother-of-all-macros.
> 
> does my parameter field for the big daddy macro need to
> contain ALL the parameters that are accepted by the
> contained macros?
> 
> thanks, miker

-- 
Cheers
Steve

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