Eric Auer wrote:
> I would appreciate some FreeBASIC command line options to
> set default types (QB: single for variables, 16bit for INTEGER,
> FB: integer for variables, 32bit for INTEGER). That would
> make FreeBASIC ("command line optionally"!) behave even more
> like QuickBASIC, where appropriate. Automatic arrays for up
> to 10 elements are probably a bad idea, as are automatic
> declarations before CALL, but one could write a preprocessor
> to compile QB programs out of the box. Last but not least,
> padding of fixed length strings should probably have a command
> line "simulate QB" option as well... :-).
>
>
More QB compatibility will be included in the upcoming version with the
-lang qb command-line parameter. This will enable things like call
without a previous declaration, default data type of single, etc. The
fixed-length string padding incompatibility will probably be remedied
"someday" (it's been around and known since the first version).
I am also of the opinion that writing a 16-bit compiler (for any
language) today would be ignoring the fact that the number of pre-386
machines still in use is minuscule and dwindling. I admire the idea of
backwards-compatibility, but practically, it does not make sense to
expend extreme efforts to write a compiler in such a constrained
environment anymore.
-- Daniel
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