Re: Introducing: Magic Gosub

[kevin@hackaday.com]

On Sunday, August 12, 2012 3:55:07 PM UTC-5, Ivan X wrote:
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> I am pleased to announce the release of Magic Gosub, a free tool for the benefit of anyone who programs in Applesoft BASIC, at any skill level.
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> Magic Gosub enables Applesoft to GOSUB to a text label which appears in a REM statement, rather than needing to specify a line number. For example:
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> GOSUB "DoSomething"
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> will find the line containing:
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> REM "DoSomething"
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> Magic Gosub can also perform a GOTO by prepending an @, like this: GOSUB @"GoSomewhere"
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> Check it out at http://appleii.ivanx.com/magicgosub
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> Magic Gosub was originally presented as a HackFest entry at KansasFest 2012. As always, any feedback, questions, bug reports, etc are welcome.
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> Cheers,
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> Ivan.

I find this interesting but what impact does it have on performance, its not much to provide a list of sub's for reference (though in fairness I always have and will HATE writing applesoft on the II so its not that big of a deal to scroll around gedit, or have a reference list window open for me)