Erik,

>>What I'm trying to say is, without macro substitution you'll loose one of the most powerfull and valuable VFP features (maybe because many other languages don't have this).
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>It's only valuable now because we're trapped into using it. It's a crutch that we're forced to use because we're otherwise crippled. Not to mention, its very presence encourages bad and unreadable code.

Maybe you should read the message written by Rick. he explains (in a better way than I could) why macrosubstitution is so important...

Personally, I don't use macro substitution that often. But sometimes I don't see another (convenient) way out.

One more question. What do you think of the importance of the COMPILE command ?


Walter,