VS Arduino - Disable VisualMicro deleting comment when combining ino

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Erin Newbies Offline Posts: 5 Joined: May 16^th, 2020	Disable VisualMicro deleting comment when combining ino May 16^th, 2020 at 2:37pm	Print Post
	Hi, I found it that visual micro just deleting all comment (even though it was not a comment) in the code when combining ino files (before compiling). This causes serious issues especially when your code uses string literal. I have a WebServer project. It was running perfectly when compiled using Arduino, but using VisualMicro, it become buggy. For example, a code like this: Code (C++) static const char HTML_STOPWATCH[] PROGMEM = R"====( ... var ws = 'ws://localhost'; ... )===="; become: Code (C++) static const char HTML_STOPWATCH[] PROGMEM = R"====( ... var ws = 'ws: ... )===="; As you can see, VisualMicro think that is a comment and delete it even though it was not. When i compare the combined cpp from Arduino (in Temp/arduino_build_xxxx) and cpp from VisualMicro (in VMBuilds folder), it's clear that Arduino didn't remove comments in the code when combining ino files. That's why my code ran perfectly when compiled in Arduino. My question is is there any setting to disable this behavior? Or if there isn't, please fix this. Thanks.


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Erin Newbies Offline Posts: 5 Joined: May 16^th, 2020	Re: Disable VisualMicro deleting comment when combining ino Reply #1 - May 18^th, 2020 at 5:30am	Print Post
	Hi, Thanks for your reply. I already add vm.ctags=false but it does not resolve the problem. I attach simple .ino example. Hopefully it will useful for fixing the problem. MCU: ESP8266, core version: 2.7.1 Arduino 1.8.12 File "board.txt": Code (C++) # ESPTestComment build property overrides # vm.ctags=false Example code: Code (C++) // Comment 1: This is a comment char test0[64] = "Test 0:\n//This is not a comment\n"; char test1[64] = R"===( Test 1: //This is not a comment )==="; static const char test2[] PROGMEM = "Test 2:\n//This is not a comment\n"; static const char test3[] PROGMEM = R"===( Test 3: //This is not a comment )==="; // Comment 2: This is also a comment void setup() { delay(500); Serial.begin(115200); Serial.println("\n\nSTART:"); Serial.print(test0); Serial.print(test1); Serial.printf_P(test2); Serial.printf_P(test3); } void loop() {} VMBuild cpp file: Code (C++) #include <arduino.h> #line 1 "C:\\Dropbox\\Trial\\ESPTestComment\\ESPTestComment.ino" #line 1 "C:\\Dropbox\\Trial\\ESPTestComment\\ESPTestComment.ino" char test0[64] = "Test 0:\n//This is not a comment\n"; char test1[64] = R"===( Test 1: )==="; static const char test2[] PROGMEM = "Test 2:\n//This is not a comment\n"; static const char test3[] PROGMEM = R"===( Test 3: )==="; // // #line 19 "C:\\Dropbox\\Trial\\ESPTestComment\\ESPTestComment.ino" void setup() { delay(500); Serial.begin(115200); Serial.println("\n\nSTART:"); Serial.print(test0); Serial.print(test1); Serial.printf_P(test2); Serial.printf_P(test3); } void loop() {} Serial output: Code START: Test 0: //This is not a comment Test 1: Test 2: //This is not a comment Test 3: As you can see, Test 1 and Test 3 did not print correctly.

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Tim@Visual Micro Administrator Offline Posts: 12076 Location: United Kingdom Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: Disable VisualMicro deleting comment when combining ino Reply #2 - May 18^th, 2020 at 9:15pm	Print Post
	Thanks for all the info Please install the latest release which hopefully resolves the issue. https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?board=VS_ARDUINO_EXT_RELEASES


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