[Ohrrpgce] SVN: james/2226 SUBify nextsay GOSUB block as advance_text_box()

[Ralph Versteegen]

2008/9/9 James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com>:
> On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 04:20:09AM +1300, Ralph Versteegen wrote:
>> 2008/9/9 James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com>:
>> > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:29:25PM +1300, Ralph Versteegen wrote:
>> >> 2008/9/8  <subversion at hamsterrepublic.com>:
>> >> > james
>> >> > 2008-09-07 23:05:41 -0700 (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
>> >> > 49
>> >> > SUBify nextsay GOSUB block as advance_text_box()
>> >> > ---
>> >> > U   wip/game.bas
>> >>
>> >> Darn it! I was really looking forward to writing that assembly second
>> >> callstack hack.
>> >
>> > Assembly second callstack hack? What was that going to do? It sounds
>> > dangerous
>> >
>>
>> I mean the one that I suggested in the Plan for Battlescripting. The
>> script interpreter would have had its own stack so that control could
>> jump to a GOSUB in some other part of the code (namely, nextsay)
>> without having to exit and reenter the interpreter.
>
> Ah, I see. I kinda remmber that now. Sounds slightly less ominous than
> what I was imagining (some such voodoo as GOSUB to a module level block
> from within a SUB *shiver*)

Actually, yes. That's what it was. Good thing you stopped me. ;)

>
> SUBifying GOSUBs is getting easier for me. It's almost fun.
>
> ---
> James