Suggestion: Adding the Counter Blocks to the Block Palette

[FlamedDogo99]

You have already added the for and while loops to the block palette. Continuing with the idea of allowing for easier accessibility, I suggest the addition of the counter blocks.
The opcodes for these are control_get_counter, control_incr_counter and control_clear_counter.
Additionally, allowing the control_get_counter monitor to be toggled would be a welcome addition, even if it’s monitor is colored as an extension.

[LilyMakesThings]

Why?

[FlamedDogo99]

Why would you not want more accessibility to scratches features? Same idea of “why include the while loop, you can just use repeat until not.” It just provides more access.

[LilyMakesThings]

No but counter is completely obsolete, it's just bloating the palette.

[FlamedDogo99]

I guess that's fair. With that logic though why do we still have the while loop?

[GarboMuffin]

The difference is that the "counter" blocks are defective by design as you can only have one counter, so any attempt to actually use them will quickly meet disappointment.

The while block at least is useful for very slightly improving performance in the interpreter compared to "repeat until < not < ... > >"

[FlamedDogo99]

That makes sense. Thats for humoring the idea.