So Bhaskar, is of any value to ask how the data is stored behind the scenes? I was worried that the strings were null-terminated etc and that there might be some binary data that would crash GT.M. when storing is in a global value.
I'm glad to hear that is not the case. Kevin On 8/23/05, K.S. Bhaskar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rich -- > > There are two issues here: (a) what GT.M does and does not allow, and > (b) the application logic, which includes the execution settings. > > GT.M allows you to use any arbitrary sequence of bytes both as an index > and as a value. > > Whether a specific piece of application code should store and display an > arbitrary sequence of bytes is an orthogonal issue - e.g., many Eastern > European character sets use all 8 bits of a byte. So, for example, you > may well have a global with strings to be used to display when Polish is > selected as a language, and they may well cause display problems if you > try to display them on a terminal emulator set for US ASCII > > -- Bhaskar > > On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 14:55 -0500, Sowinski, Richard J. wrote: > > What I see happen when you have control characters in Globals is that > > when > > you try to display the global, it reeks havoc with your screen. > > > > I have seen M applications written specifically with control > > characters in > > the globals to be executed later. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > K.S. > > Bhaskar > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:39 PM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: Is $$GTF~%ZISH() binary friendly? > > > > On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 14:19 -0500, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > > > [KSB] <...snip...> > > > > > I'll check with Bhaskar whether or not there is any risk in > > storing > > > non-printable characters in a global. I did some testing and > > filled > > > a > > > global with $char(0) and it didn't seem to loose them, or cause > > the > > > underlying string to terminate (i.e. null-terminated strings). > > > > [KSB] With GT.M, the subscripts as well as the values stored in an M > > node can be any arbitrary binary sequence of bytes. > > > > -- Bhaskar > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing > > & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing > > & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
