Macros are expanded in one pass.  The count is an integer not an 
expression.  It might be possible to make a exception for this case but it 
may ope up other semantic quirks


On Thu, 7 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:

> I've attached a score which uses a macro containing an iteration
> of notes through the { n CNT} statement.
> I tried to run it and it returns an error.
> If n is a fix numerical value, there is no problem, but when I try to
> use this in a macro and to pass the number of repetitions it fails
> and issue the following error:
> 
> Compiler Info/Warnings/Errors:
> {: invalid repeat count
> 
> That is:
> 
> ;sec note macro
> #define sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
> #
> {10 CNT
> i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect $decv $rel 0.5
> }
> #
> 
> Will work and repeat 10 times the i action.
> But:
> 
> ;sec note macro
> #define sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
> #
> {$it CNT
> i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect $decv $rel 0.5
> }
> #
> 
> Will fail.
> May be I'm doing something clumsy, but i'm pretty sure of being using this
> without any problem in the past.
> Thanks for your help.
> Pablo
> 
> 
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> Profesor Titular
> Director Programa de Investigación "Sistemas Temporales y Síntesis Espacial de
> Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
> Escuela Universitaria de Artes
> Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
> Argentina
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Not sure whe but the wole mcro i score was rewritten about Auturm 2015

It all seems like https://xkcd.com/1172/

The code was full of oddities and incnsistecies

I will look at allowing a acro as the nuber bt not an exression .....


On Fri, 8 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:

> Thanks for your answer Jonh.
> I´ve found this kind of use of the iteration in some Csound code that I wrote
> two years ago. And it worked to this time, but now is not working.
> I did not know that this changed...When was it?
> Of course I know that I can do the same using other strategies.
> Best
> Pablo
> 
> 
> 
> 2017-12-08 11:03 GMT-03:00 jpff :
>
>       Macros are expanded in one pass.  The count is an integer not an
>       expression.  It might be possible to make a exception for this
>       case but it may ope up other semantic quirks
> 
>
>       On Thu, 7 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:
>
>       I've attached a score which uses a macro containing an
>       iteration
>       of notes through the { n CNT} statement.
>       I tried to run it and it returns an error.
>       If n is a fix numerical value, there is no problem, but when
>       I try to
>       use this in a macro and to pass the number of repetitions it
>       fails
>       and issue the following error:
>
>       Compiler Info/Warnings/Errors:
>       {: invalid repeat count
>
>       That is:
>
>       ;sec note macro
>       #define
>       sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
>       #
>       {10 CNT
>       i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
>       $decv $rel 0.5
>       }
>       #
>
>       Will work and repeat 10 times the i action.
>       But:
>
>       ;sec note macro
>       #define
>       sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
>       #
>       {$it CNT
>       i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
>       $decv $rel 0.5
>       }
>       #
>
>       Will fail.
>       May be I'm doing something clumsy, but i'm pretty sure of
>       being using this
>       without any problem in the past.
>       Thanks for your help.
>       Pablo
> 
>
>       --
>       Dr. Oscar Pablo Di Liscia
>       Profesor Titular
>       Director Programa de Investigación "Sistemas Temporales y
>       Síntesis Espacial de
>       Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
>       Escuela Universitaria de Artes
>       Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
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> Profesor Titular
> Director Programa de Investigación "Sistemas Temporales y Síntesis Espacial de
> Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
> Escuela Universitaria de Artes
> Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
> Argentina
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Not sure whe but the wole mcro i score was rewritten about Auturm 2015

It all seems like https://xkcd.com/1172/

The code was full of oddities and incnsistecies

I will look at allowing a acro as the nuber bt not an exression .....


On Fri, 8 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:

Thanks for your answer Jonh.
I´ve found this kind of use of the iteration in some Csound code that I wrote
two years ago. And it worked to this time, but now is not working.
I did not know that this changed...When was it?
Of course I know that I can do the same using other strategies.
Best
Pablo



2017-12-08 11:03 GMT-03:00 jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk>:

      Macros are expanded in one pass.  The count is an integer not an
      expression.  It might be possible to make a exception for this
      case but it may ope up other semantic quirks


      On Thu, 7 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:

      I've attached a score which uses a macro containing an
      iteration
      of notes through the { n CNT} statement.
      I tried to run it and it returns an error.
      If n is a fix numerical value, there is no problem, but when
      I try to
      use this in a macro and to pass the number of repetitions it
      fails
      and issue the following error:

      Compiler Info/Warnings/Errors:
      {: invalid repeat count

      That is:

      ;sec note macro
      #define
      sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
      #
      {10 CNT
      i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
      $decv $rel 0.5
      }
      #

      Will work and repeat 10 times the i action.
      But:

      ;sec note macro
      #define
      sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
      #
      {$it CNT
      i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
      $decv $rel 0.5
      }
      #

      Will fail.
      May be I'm doing something clumsy, but i'm pretty sure of
      being using this
      without any problem in the past.
      Thanks for your help.
      Pablo


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      Profesor Titular
      Director Programa de Investigación "Sistemas Temporales y
      Síntesis Espacial de
      Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
      Escuela Universitaria de Artes
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Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
Escuela Universitaria de Artes
Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
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many thanks!

El domingo, 10 de diciembre de 2017, jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk> escribió:

Not sure whe but the wole mcro i score was rewritten about Auturm 2015

It all seems like https://xkcd.com/1172/

The code was full of oddities and incnsistecies

I will look at allowing a acro as the nuber bt not an exression .....


On Fri, 8 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:

Thanks for your answer Jonh.
I´ve found this kind of use of the iteration in some Csound code that I wrote
two years ago. And it worked to this time, but now is not working.
I did not know that this changed...When was it?
Of course I know that I can do the same using other strategies.
Best
Pablo



2017-12-08 11:03 GMT-03:00 jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk>:

      Macros are expanded in one pass.  The count is an integer not an
      expression.  It might be possible to make a exception for this
      case but it may ope up other semantic quirks


      On Thu, 7 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:

      I've attached a score which uses a macro containing an
      iteration
      of notes through the { n CNT} statement.
      I tried to run it and it returns an error.
      If n is a fix numerical value, there is no problem, but when
      I try to
      use this in a macro and to pass the number of repetitions it
      fails
      and issue the following error:

      Compiler Info/Warnings/Errors:
      {: invalid repeat count

      That is:

      ;sec note macro
      #define
      sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
      #
      {10 CNT
      i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
      $decv $rel 0.5
      }
      #

      Will work and repeat 10 times the i action.
      But:

      ;sec note macro
      #define
      sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
      #
      {$it CNT
      i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
      $decv $rel 0.5
      }
      #

      Will fail.
      May be I'm doing something clumsy, but i'm pretty sure of
      being using this
      without any problem in the past.
      Thanks for your help.
      Pablo


      --
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      Profesor Titular
      Director Programa de Investigación "Sistemas Temporales y
      Síntesis Espacial de
      Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
      Escuela Universitaria de Artes
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Dr. Oscar Pablo Di Liscia

Profesor Titular

Director Programa de Investigación "Sistemas Temporales y Síntesis Espacial de Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"

Escuela Universitaria de Artes

Universidad Nacional de Quilmes

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i have code that allows a simple macro as the count as in
#define xx #12#

{ $xx J
....
}

Mildly tested.  Thin it will do

{ $xx. J
....
}

as well.

Is tat sufficient?  Versions with $xx(12) etc could be possible at much more 
expense.  Expressions much less likely

What suffices?

On Sun, 10 Dec 2017, Dr. Richard Boulanger wrote:

> Sadly,  all of my macro teaching examples broke with the latest version.
>  Happy to send what used to work.. so that you could see.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 10, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia
>  wrote:
>
>       many thanks!
>
>       El domingo, 10 de diciembre de 2017, jpff 
>       escribió:
>             Not sure whe but the wole mcro i score was rewritten
>             about Auturm 2015
>
>             It all seems like https://xkcd.com/1172/
>
>             The code was full of oddities and incnsistecies
>
>             I will look at allowing a acro as the nuber bt not an
>             exression .....
> 
>
>             On Fri, 8 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di Liscia wrote:
>
>                   Thanks for your answer Jonh.
>                   I´ve found this kind of use of the
>                   iteration in some Csound code that I wrote
>                   two years ago. And it worked to this time,
>                   but now is not working.
>                   I did not know that this changed...When
>                   was it?
>                   Of course I know that I can do the same
>                   using other strategies.
>                   Best
>                   Pablo
> 
> 
>
>                   2017-12-08 11:03 GMT-03:00 jpff
>                   :
>
>                         Macros are expanded in one pass. 
>                   The count is an integer not an
>                         expression.  It might be possible to
>                   make a exception for this
>                         case but it may ope up other
>                   semantic quirks
> 
>
>                         On Thu, 7 Dec 2017, Oscar Pablo Di
>                   Liscia wrote:
>
>                         I've attached a score which uses a
>                   macro containing an
>                         iteration
>                         of notes through the { n CNT}
>                   statement.
>                         I tried to run it and it returns an
>                   error.
>                         If n is a fix numerical value, there
>                   is no problem, but when
>                         I try to
>                         use this in a macro and to pass the
>                   number of repetitions it
>                         fails
>                         and issue the following error:
>
>                         Compiler Info/Warnings/Errors:
>                         {: invalid repeat count
>
>                         That is:
>
>                         ;sec note macro
>                         #define
>                        
>                   sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
>                         #
>                         {10 CNT
>                         i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur
>                   $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
>                         $decv $rel 0.5
>                         }
>                         #
>
>                         Will work and repeat 10 times the i
>                   action.
>                         But:
>
>                         ;sec note macro
>                         #define
>                        
>                   sec_1(it'gap'start'dur'amp'frec'tabl'at'dect'decv'rel)
>                         #
>                         {$it CNT
>                         i "ADSR" [$start+$gap*$CNT] $dur
>                   $amp $frec $tabl $at $dect
>                         $decv $rel 0.5
>                         }
>                         #
>
>                         Will fail.
>                         May be I'm doing something clumsy,
>                   but i'm pretty sure of
>                         being using this
>                         without any problem in the past.
>                         Thanks for your help.
>                         Pablo
> 
>
>                         --
>                         Dr. Oscar Pablo Di Liscia
>                         Profesor Titular
>                         Director Programa de Investigación
>                   "Sistemas Temporales y
>                         Síntesis Espacial de
>                         Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
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>                   Director Programa de Investigación
>                   "Sistemas Temporales y Síntesis Espacial
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> Profesor Titular
> Director Programa de Investigación "Sistemas Temporales y Síntesis
> Espacial de Sonido en el Arte Sonoro"
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