//scratchfile.inc
//to my horror I discovered after writing this that strings.inc had ParseString, which does the same thing!
//read the pov docs to find out what it does.
//I've kept this version because my one has a debug mode which I find useful.

#declare scratchDebug = on; //enable this to echo everything written into the scratch file


#declare scratchFileName = "scratch.inc";


#if ( !scratchDebug )

	#macro Parse(string)
		#fopen scratchFile scratchFileName write	//this implicitly empties the file
		#write( scratchFile, string )
		#fclose scratchFile
		#include scratchFileName
	#end

#else

	//debug version, print stuff
	#macro scratchParse(string)
		#fopen scratchFile scratchFileName write	//this implicitly empties the file
		#write( scratchFile, string )
		#debug "                "	//indent it to make it stand out from the other debug output.
		#debug string
		#debug "\r\f"
		#fclose scratchFile
		#include scratchFileName
	#end

#end