On Tue, 21 May 2002 11:13:40 -0500, Felix Wiemann wrote:

> Warp wrote:
>>   I don't understand why you can't give the value directly.
> 
> If the string is modified inside the macro but the original string is
> needed after execution, it's necessary to use concat. For example:

In that case, either the macro is written wrong or you are using it
wrong. The concat() function is for concatenating strings, not making
temporary copies. I don't see any reason to document that use, it is
basically a hack and should be discouraged because it leads to code that
appears to do something other than what it really does.

If you don't want to declare a temporary variable, a macro is a better
solution than misusing the concat() function. Something like:

#macro clonestring(String)
    #local tmpString = String
    tmpString
#end


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