Re: Long awaited line directive

> As to the syntax I prefer not to add a new kind of syntax ala #foo. We > introduced declare() {} a few years ago exactly for these kind of cases. > We > designed it so that it'd be completely extensible and functionality like > this could be added. > I agree that this is the type of thing that declare() was setup for, however I think there's value in keeping the same semantics as C for this feature. This particular feature is a little unique in that it's (A) not a BC breaking piece of syntax (older versions just see a comment), and (B) Having the directive skipped (as a comment) doesn't impact code flow or the resulting output. I'd personally rather see: #line "foo.re" 123 style syntax, but don't see a major problem with using: declare(file="foo.re" line=123); Just my 2 cents; -Sara