Christopher Neese wrote:
>I would like to be able to use include files, like in C or C++ to support 
>code reuse and to simplify my orc files.  I think my suggestion is probably 
>best implemented using a parser.  I'm sure people that have been working on 
>the parser have been thinking along these lines already, so I hope I'm not 
>repeating anyone.

>Anyway the format I would like to see is something like this:
[...]

I agree with Christopher Neese about his suggestions. In fact I
implemented this kind of thing in a program that comes with my WCShell;
it is called ORCMACRO.EXE (only for Win95, sorry SGIfolks, Macfolks and
so on...)
and is a sort of preprocessor to Csound. 
Its syntax is this. 
Definition:
;@funcname(arg1, arg2, arg3,....)
;
;...
;...
;@end

and you use it by calling with real arguments, i.e.

@funcname(aout1, aout2, kin1, 34.67, ...)

or you can include an external file, i.e.
;#include funcname.orx

and use it exactly like above.

OK, it'a turnaround, and slows things a little, but it works, and
without modifying Csound.

Bye, 

Riccardo
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Riccardo Bianchini, Professor
Scuola di Musica Elettronica
Conservatorio "S.Cecilia", Roma (Italy)
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