I was wondering what the use of the wait function in vexcode. Does it provide any advantages/disadvantages over task::sleep or does it have the same functionality?
Probably there for comparability reasons with older code that wasn’t namespaced? IDK, James will know for sure.
same functionality, it’s a macro that was added to make the transition from blocks to text easier.
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Hi code you explain to me what a Marco is and does. I never really knew what it meant.
In this context, a macro is a small reusable piece of code that is handled by the preprocessor. Don’t over use them.
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preprocessor = thing that parses your code prior to it being compiled, often doing text replacement.
I think James is saying that a macro takes the Wait() and translates it to task::sleep. The why is what I mentioned and James further clarified, for easier code translation. It is often necessary to have APIs that do the same thing but have different names / formats for reasons like this.