When should I use the tbasicu file extension?

**Michael Hartlef** · 10-10-2017, 11:25

@Eros or @Petr: When should I use the .tbasicu file extension instead of the normal .tbasic one?

**ErosOlmi** · 10-10-2017, 16:32

eh ...
Better Petr will reply, it was his invention

In any case i think tbasicu stands for thinBasic UNIT that is an include file auto sufficient that means it has no external reference and can be re-used in different situations.

**Michael Hartlef** · 10-10-2017, 19:34

So it hasn't really any functionality behind it?

**ErosOlmi** · 10-10-2017, 20:24

So far not other than thinAir/thinBasic will not execute them directly.
Having a kind of UNIT/Single/independent piece of code that can become a library is not bad
Maybe something for future.

I know Petr is using such file very often and is not bad at all. Every tbasicu can be considered "portable" in other projects.

**Michael Hartlef** · 10-10-2017, 22:32

Thanks Eros for the explanation. That is good enough for me.

**Petr Schreiber** · 12-10-2017, 07:18

Basically,

.tbasicU files contain functions with implementation and or types (with type functions or without).

.tbasicI files I use then for declares of DLL functions, for example.

Petr