[Feature Request] Add support for #elif

[Wisam Ghantous]

Add support for an #elif operator (similar to C's #elif preprocessor)

Currently one might write:

/// #if Version == 1
console.log('v1');
/// #endif
/// #if Version == 2
console.log('v2');
/// #endif
/* This cannot be replaced with #else because it would also trigger if Version == 1: */
/// #if Version != 1 && Version != 2
console.log('other version');
/// #endif

Or:

/// #if Version == 1
console.log('v1');
/// #else
///   #if Version == 2
console.log('v2');
///   #else
console.log('other version');
///   #endif
/// #endif

This would become:

/// #if Version == 1
console.log('v1');
/// #elif Version == 2
console.log('v2');
/// #else 
console.log('other version');
/// #endif

It's a bit shorter, and in my opinion much more readable.

Change would be non-breaking.

If you are interested in this feature and are still maintaining this package and repo please let me know. I can probably implement this feature and create a pull request within the coming 1 or 2 weeks.

[nino-porcino]

I don't think much about it these days, but sure, if you implement it I'll merge the PR :-)

Be warned that the source is not easy to extend because it was written in hurry, not thinking it would get published oneday. It's rather brutal the way it parses lines.

[nino-porcino]

I've merged it and published in the npm registry. Thank you!

[Wisam Ghantous]

Happy to help, was a fun little project to work on.

Thank you for the quick responses!