Re: PSDS source informations availability

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Perhaps reconsider correcting the issue with recursion and avoid 
entirely, the compiling of multiple programs from the same source code 
to implement some faux-recursion; i.e. modifying the code [and the means 
used to compile] to allow the recursive invocation(s) to function 
without errors.?

  Pending transition to using message identifiers in a *MSGF, if that 
is an option, I would probably follow the previously alluded approach to 
"have my precompiler insert 3 constants while compiling the program". 
Although it would seem two constants might be better; i.e. in keeping 
with the old design of program name and library name rather than 
changing the file.

  Yet if it were me, and I was required to keep using a keyed data file 
design rather than transitioning to a message file implementation, I 
probably would use a simple scalar value and define an integer or a 
string constant in the source.  Because obviously, the relationship is 
no longer with the program name and library, and without some other 
transitions in compile processing the relationship to the source member 
from which the object was created even may be somewhat tenuous.  Why 
have a 20-byte or 30-byte key when the key values have a vitiated 
meaning, and the key might be as simple as a few bytes.?

Regards, Chuck

On 17-Jan-2014 12:48 -0800, Marco Benetti wrote:
> I will try to explain better.
>
> All my programs call a program to retrieve the translations of the
> sentences used. I have a physical file where are stored the
> translations of the sentences used by my program.
> In the keys of the file there is the program name and library.
> Until recently, I used the object name, but now problems have
> emerged with the copies used to avoid recursion problems.
> The copy of a program need to retrieve the same translation of the
> original program.
> So I decided to use the source member information.
>
> I hope I explained myself more clearly.
>
> Il Venerdì 17 Gennaio 2014 19:37, CRPence ha scritto:
>
> > On 17-Jan-2014 09:37 -0800, Marco Benetti wrote:
> >
> > > I try to explain my goal. All my programs have to call a generic
> > > program that returns some information based on the name of the
> > > source from which the program was compiled. So I need the source
> > > information at runtime.
> >
> > Seems an odd design. What does the correlation of source member to
> > run-time object achieve? What sort of effect comes from it?
> >
> > > <<SNIP>>
> >
> > <<SNIP>>