Going into Action! - A noob perspective

[zbyti]

1 minute ago, pedgarcia said:

Oh, I believe it was @zbyti that said that. I haven't tried 8bit-unity yet.

 

No. You can see who is quoted  

[pedgarcia]

On 10/18/2020 at 7:06 AM, funkheld said:

hmmmm .... it's not that easy with the program for atarixl: 8bit-unity

greeting

True! Actually @funkheld mentioned that...

[+Blues76]

2 hours ago, Blues76 said:

@pedgarcia I’m curious what exactly did you find difficulty with 8bit-unity ?

sorry about that 

[zbyti]

@pedgarcia hey! What's up in the Action! world?  

[pedgarcia]

10 hours ago, zbyti said:

@pedgarcia hey! What's up in the Action! world?  

Hey @zbyti, I've been busy with some other stuff (TRS-80 little game), but i have already an article 90% ready, and I am starting to think the next steps. Hopefully in a few days, I can post it!

 

Thanks for the "incentive" btw That helps me keep on track!

 

Cheers

 

 

[pedgarcia]

Finally another part is done. Not very deep, but useful for people that are starting. https://vintageisthenewold.com/going-into-action-with-atari-xl-xe-part-5-modularization-and-distributing-your-program/

 

Comments and corrections are welcome!

 

[zbyti]

Nice article. But if you mentioned includes as libraries you must say something about MODULE, this KEY WORD allow declare global variables in the middle of the code  

[pedgarcia]

5 minutes ago, zbyti said:

Nice article. But if you mentioned includes as libraries you must say something about MODULE, this KEY WORD allow declare global variables in the middle of the code  

Oh, yeah. I missed that! Good call. I will update it as soon as possible. Thanks!

[pedgarcia]

Hey @zbyti

 

I was thinking about the MODULE keyword and trying to find a good example of when use it. I can see its use is more for something like this:

 

PROC FUNC1()
  ....
RETURN

MODULE

CARD THIS_IS_GLOBAL=[10]

FUNC MAIN()
...
RETURN

 

But can you think in a good example to use it when using includes? Only doing the above seems not enough to justify its use, don't you agree?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

[zbyti]

If you write your library good practices is starts and ends file with MODULE to be sure your variables compiles.

 

https://github.com/zbyti/a8-action-playground/blob/master/src/LIGHTSPE/SRC/STDIO.ACT

[pedgarcia]

1 hour ago, zbyti said:

If you write your library good practices is starts and ends file with MODULE to be sure your variables compiles.

 

https://github.com/zbyti/a8-action-playground/blob/master/src/LIGHTSPE/SRC/STDIO.ACT

Ah, perfect! Now I get it - I wanted to come up with a problem if we don't do what you just said. Perfect! THanks!

 

[pedgarcia]

I've added the "MODULE keyword" session close to the top. Now it looks much better! Thanks @zbyti

 

[zbyti]

Quote

The MODULE keyword is used to indicate that everything declared after this keyword and the next PROC/FUNC will be considered a global variable. 

The MODULE keyword is used to indicate that everything declared after this keyword UNTIL the next PROC/FUNC will be considered a global variable. 

Edited December 15, 2020 by zbyti
correction to the article

[pedgarcia]

8 minutes ago, zbyti said:

The MODULE keyword is used to indicate that everything declared after this keyword UNTIL the next PROC/FUNC will be considered a global variable. 

True, bad English made it confusing. Fixing...