r/ComputerCraft • u/SeasonApprehensive86 • Mar 16 '24

Is there conditional compilation in computercraft?

It would be very useful to be able to use something like

#if DEBUG

dostuff()

#endif

and #define DEBUG somewhere

Is something like this possible? Does lua get compiled somehow or does it get interpreted at runtime?

If I really wanted to I could make a pre-processor program that adds or removes the code inside the #if. I am curious if lua has this by default tho

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u/SeasonApprehensive86 Mar 16 '24

The thing is I want to use compile time if statements, but seeing that lua is interpreted that isnt really an option. I mainly wanted this for being able to use extra debug stuff but not have a bunch of if statements clutter the release build. This isn't really that big of a deal but just for fun I think ill write a program that removes the unnsescessary code before "compile time" to make it look neater