Shorten this - Printable Version

Shorten this - Printable Version

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Shorten this - Symon - 02.02.2020

I wonder if there's a way to shorten this function and make a macro instead (#define SendClientMessageEx ...)

pawn Code:

stock SendClientMessageEx(playerid, color, const str[], {Float,_}:...)
{
    static args, start, end,string[200];
    #emit LOAD.S.pri 8
    #emit STOR.pri args

    if(args > 12)
    {
        #emit ADDR.pri str
        #emit STOR.pri start

        for(end = start + (args - 12); end > start; end -= 4)
        {
            #emit LREF.pri end
            #emit PUSH.pri
        }
        #emit PUSH.S str
        #emit PUSH.C 156
        #emit PUSH.C string
        #emit PUSH.C args
        #emit SYSREQ.C format

        SCM(playerid, color, string);

        #emit LCTRL 5
        #emit SCTRL 4
        #emit RETN
    }
    return SCM(playerid, color, str);
}

Re: Shorten this - Markski - 03.02.2020

What's wrong with that? IMO it's the best approach for this solution.

To answer your question though, there's this:

Code:

stock bool:FALSE = false;
new scmExStr[144];
#define SendClientMessageEx(%0,%1,%2,%3) do{format(scmExStr,144,%2,%3);SendClientMessage(%0,%1,scmExStr);}while(FALSE)

But it has a few caveats

- You can't return this function
- You can't use it unless you give it more args (which you shouldn't anyways)

Re: Shorten this - Symon - 03.02.2020

Oh thanks, i guess i'll stick with the original function then.

Re: Shorten this - Nero_3D - 03.02.2020

you can use a little trick to make it faster and shorter