Compiler directives

Compiler

Directive	Meaning
#assert()	Static compiler assertion eg. used to target a specific OS
#bake_constants	Applied on polymorphic procedures to create a specific version that accepts a specific type (1)
#bake_arguments	Applied on polymorphic procedures to create a specific version with a specific argument (1)
#c_callback	...
#char	The first element following string has to be treated as a single character
#compiler	...
#complete	...
#expand	...
#deprecated	Used to mark a piece of code that has to be refactored, generates a compiler warning with the specified message
#foreign	Declare something coming from an external C obj or DLL compatible library
#foreign_system_library	Declare an OS-specific import from an external lib or DLL
#IF	Entry point for conditional build
#import	Import a Library file
#insert	...
#intrinsic	Use the intrinsic version of the procedure based on CPU specific instruction.
#load	Load another Jai file
#must	Used to mark function's return values that must be assigned to a variable, so their return value cannot be ignored.
#no_abc{}	No array bounds checking
#poke_name	...
#procedure_of_call	Used to get a pointer to a specific version of an overloaded procedure (3)
#program_export	Marks a procedure as exportable from a file to the global scope
#run	Run a procedure at compile time
#scope_file	The declarations in the following block are restricted to the current file
#through	Used in switch-like statements to group case and skip to the following
#type	Helps the compiler to understand that the following statements are meant to designate types. It's used in polymorphic procedures arguments, polymorphic structs and procedure pointers (2)

References

1. Youtube video 2018/06/06
2. Youtube video 2018/06/06
3. Youtube video 2018/06/06

Annotations

User-defined annotations that can be attached to type definitions.

Directive	Meaning
@NoSerialize	The field won't be saved in the level file
@Vn	Where n is a number. Related to the Entity version.
@Vn-m	Where n and m are numbers. Related to the Entity version.
@Pid	Unique identifier of the entity
@DoNotDisplay	By default the loaded entity won't be displayed
@PrintLike	...

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