$switch not working on Windows build

[orangebowlerhat]

Using the latest Windows binary, version 0.7.0, this comes from the compiler:

712:   $switch (OUTPUT)
 713:           $case 0:
                ^^^^^
(D:/Work/Intratech/obj.c3:713:3) Error: Expected ':'.

Clearly, it reports a missing ':' character although the character is in the code. OUTPUT is a const int defined earlier in the file. This same file compiles without error in linux and works as expected.

[lerno]

You want: $switch OUTPUT:

[orangebowlerhat]

$switch OUTPUT: produces

712:   $switch OUTPUT:
                ^^^^^^
(/Storage/Work/Intratech/obj.c3:712:10) Error: A '$case' or '$default' would be needed here.```

as does $switch OUTPUT

Whereas $switch (OUTPUT) compiles and runs without error. This format also matches the documentation https://c3-lang.org/generic-programming/compiletime/

That's not the error anyway. The error is reported on the $case line.

[lerno]

The documentation follows 0.6.8 syntax. You said you were using 0.7.0 prerelease.

This should compile fine in 0.7:

const OUTPUT = 1;
$switch OUTPUT:
$case 0:
  io::printn(2);
$endswitch

Can you send me a bigger part of code?

[orangebowlerhat]

I'm away from desk at the moment but will try to find the smallest set of code that will produce the error and send it in a few days.

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[orangebowlerhat]

That syntax does work on 0.7. My linux distro hasn't updated its version of c3c yet so the two are out of sync.

Are there other syntax changes? Are they documented somewhere? I ask because I'm getting a few other problems when compiling with 0.7.0 on Windows that don't occur with 0.6.7 on linux.

I there a way to get the older binary for Windows?

[orangebowlerhat]

BTW, I did get c3c to cross compile from linux to windows, so my issue is solved and I'm happy to close this now. Thanks for your patience.