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Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

#SUB compile / parser problems (Edit: I've just checked and this problem was also in 1.13):

(a) I can't seem to call user-defined functions from a #SUB:
#SUB {You fled @HighlightDir(%1).}
Error compiling script:
unmatched parenthesis

The same thing compiles in an #ECHO:
#ECHO {You fled @HighlightDir(%1).}

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(b) Similar #SUB problem with parentheses:
#SUB {The original text. %ansi(brown)(word, a description of the place, two words ())}
Error compiling script:
unmatched parenthesis

The empty parentheses mean I have not assigned any flags to the object. I tried quoting the parentheses:
#SUB {The original text. %ansi(brown)(word, a description of the place, two words "()")}
also gives:
Error compiling script:
unmatched parenthesis

Taking out the empty parentheses fixes it:
#SUB {The original text. %ansi(brown)(word, a description of the place, two words)}

This variation gives:
#SUB {The original text. %ansi(brown)(word, a description of the place, two words) "()"}
Error compiling script:
unmatched braces

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(c) Compatibility report error with #SUB:
The script:
#SUB {" here"%1", RIDING a "}
compiles (and works), but the compatibility report says:
%1 within quotes is not expanded

However, as you can see, the %1 is not in quotes - it is the rest of the text that is in quotes.

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:56 pm

I've added the #SUB issues to the bug list.

The (c) problem with the compatibility report can't really be fixed unfortunately. The Compatibility report isn't doing a full syntax parse...it's just doing some simple regular expression string matches to flag possible issues.