Expected expression ?

ID:2399999
 
Sep 18 2018, 1:07 pm
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
Code:
mob
    verb
        UP()
            set hidden = 1
            var/GAME_MOB/M = usr
            if(M.dead)return
            if(M.in_bind == 1)return
            if(inuse)
                return
            if(Signs.len>4)
                Signs=null
                Signs=list()
                return
            else
                inuse=1
                usr.Signs.Add("W")
                flick("jutsu",usr)
            //  view(usr)<<sound('Sounds/switsh.wav',0,0)
                spawn(HandiSpeed)inuse=0
                return


After doing the last beta update on byond i got that. So i start checking why i got that error but i don't find why do you have i idea why?

Sep 18 2018, 1:12 pm
You'd need to tell us what line the error is happening on.
Sep 18 2018, 1:13 pm
Best response
UP is a preprocessor macro as of 1447, meaning what you wrote as a verb's name "UP" is actually compiling as if you wrote some number (16, I think it's defined as).

Should work if you change it to "Up" or "up".
Sep 18 2018, 1:15 pm
Thank Kaiochao it work :D
Sep 25 2018, 2:22 pm
As a general rule of thumb, you want to avoid using all-caps names for anything except constants, just because it's not a good naming convention. I make exceptions for one-letter var names.
Sep 26 2018, 3:16 pm
Oh oki i kept that in mind thank :)
Sep 27 2018, 11:21 pm
Just for reference, the naming convention typically used by BYOND is:

lowercase or lowercaseLeading: vars, types, and built-in procs
Capitalized: verbs and procs belonging to objects
UPPERCASE: consts and #define macros