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I would like to see the ability to use functions in addition to labels for setTimer and anywhere else labels can be specified as target code to be invoked, with a standard list of parameters that will be passed to the function when it's called.

Currently, every time I set a target label all I do is immediately call a function anyway - I try to avoid gosubs of any kind no matter what language I'm using.

Why would you do this? I'm in the process of learning programming and kind of like being able to break things up into different parts by assigning different labels to them.

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GoTo and GoSub can result in code that is hard to follow if there is too much jumping around. You also leave yourself open to some variable troubles as things are not scoped.

It is good to have both. I voted for yes. Often, in complex scripts, I am also trieng to avoid subroutines and do need them only for wrapping function calls.

I think I've been using the idea of a function and a subroutine somewhat interchangeably.

I've used functions very little because I didn't want to be bothered with learning how to use them since I've done pretty well using subs... I can see where a few of my scripts would have been easier to write/follow when using a function instead of a subroutine, though.

Thanks for the info.

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In my mind, a labeled subroutine is just a place, but a function is a thing to do.

For example, "Brothel" would be a label, while "Paid_Entertainer" would be a function.

Although you can do lots of things at a brothel, there are some things that a paid entertainer can do, places they can go, etc, that a brothel just can't accommodate.

For instance, how would a timer handle a function with a return value ? And how would it be different from ???

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Hi all

Why I'd like to be able to call functions instead of labels for timers & al ?

Simple : I like not to have lingering global vars. So when I need a var in the timer code, the Timer branch calls a function in which I can declare locals which will not linger when timer code ends.

I'd really like to avoid label-to-function wrapping code.
or with nothing at all