Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>   However, if the new scripting language is a complete rehaul, it will not
> be possible to call eg. macros of the old SDL from the new scripting
> because they will simply be incompatible. Basically it will be impossible
> to convert old SDL macros to the new scripting in all possible cases because
> macros are not pure functions.

It might not be feasible to actually call the old macros from within the new
SDL, but surely they could be run by the old parser to generate 'pure'
old-style SDL that could then be converted? That would be perfectly adequate in
most cases, I would think.

> With current macros you can create ugly hacks

Not so much of a loss if these get wiped. No decent macro should rely on such
voodoo! I'm sure there'll be some equivalent hackery we can exploit for bizarre
coding contests...

Bill

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