On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Glenn Saunders wrote:
> ;VIDEO SYNC
> VS_Enable = 2
If it were up to me, I'd rather not have MixedCase labels.. Dasm handles
them fine, but treats VS_Enable, vs_enable, VS_ENABLE, and vS_eNaBlE as
4 different symbols.. MAC/65 doesn't allow lowercase at all, and would
choke on the include file. (actually.. MAC/65 requires line numbers anyway)
I prefer to use lowercase_only names for variables & labels, and UPPER_ONLY
for constants defined with = (like RED = $36).. not to say my coding style
should be the standard everybody else uses, but pointing out a side effect
of standardizing on One True Set of Equates..
it looks like all the stelladoc-defined labels are CAPS with no _ in them..
maybe the presence of the _ could be enough of an indicator that `this is
a constant, not a mem. location'..
Maybe we could do something clever, like allow the programmer to define
UPPER_LABELS = 1 or Mixed_Labels = 1 or lower_labels = 1 before including
the file, and have stella.h contain conditional assembly using the IF or
IFCONST directives..
That way I could use my UGLY_LABELS and you could use Your_Labels, but we
could both use the same stella.h and compile each others' code without
modifications..
Probably I'm making too big a thing out of it.. it would be enough to define
all 3 sets of labels, and let the programmer mix & match. I just know I
personally would go insane trying to remember which letter are caps..
B.
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