by Admiral Ackguh » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:11 pm
Typically, macros can have up to 99 usable lines, but I have run into cases where they seem to allow only 60 or 70.
Two of my macros are like that. Past a certain line number, to line 99, the macro is filled with the same dummy command (such as "GOTO 75"). I can delete or replace those dummies, but my changes don't save, and next time I edit, the dummies come back.
I suspect that a macro, like a programmable calculator*, has not only a maximum number of lines, but a maximum number of bytes. Not all commands use the same number of bytes; something like CLRSCR probably uses up only one, for the opcode; but the map-editing commands would need four bytes each.
I estimate 256 bytes as the maximum per macro.
* Anyone remember those?
Typically, macros can have up to 99 usable lines, but I have run into cases where they seem to allow only 60 or 70.
Two of my macros are like that. Past a certain line number, to line 99, the macro is filled with the same dummy command (such as "GOTO 75"). I can delete or replace those dummies, but my changes don't save, and next time I edit, the dummies come back.
I suspect that a macro, like a programmable calculator[color=red]*[/color], has not only a maximum number of lines, but a maximum number of bytes. Not all commands use the same number of bytes; something like CLRSCR probably uses up only one, for the opcode; but the map-editing commands would need four bytes each.
I estimate 256 bytes as the maximum per macro.
[color=red]*[/color] Anyone remember those?