macro definition in javascript

Question

Is there a way that I can define a macro similar to C/C++ macros in Javascript?

I want to use this for debug statements: Something like

#ifdef TEST         


        

Answer 1

There isn't a way to do this in JavaScript. You could have a global variable like

var isDebugging = false;

Then when writing code, just check if the variable is true. Obviously this will create some unwanted overhead with file size, and a very slight performance loss. But other than specifying your own format, and running the code though a tool to strip debugging code out before you upload.

Something like

var foo = function() {
   
};

For a release build, you would remove everything inside the tags, inclusive. And for a debug build you could just remove the tags, but keep the code. Something like this could be performed with an Ant build script or similar.