RE: Possible Parser Issue

[Mark Bratcher]

Hi Gary   If you want floats, use “.0” at the end. Yes, the “..” at the end would be a syntax error. I think most compilers/interpreters, for a literal float, require at least one digit after the decimal point.   st> x := 0 0 st> x class SmallInteger st> x := 0. 0 st> x class SmallInteger st> x := 0.0 0.0 st> x class FloatD st>   Sent from Mail for Windows 10   From: Gary Highberger Sent: Friday, January 22, 2021 3:27 PM To: help-smalltalk Subject: Possible Parser Issue   Hello, In lines 10-14 below I think the parser is taking the decimal point to be a period. If I add a period after the decimal point I get a compile error. No biggie. Just letting everyone know.   1 Object subclass: PIDCntlr [   2     | pgain igain dgain acc oldErr myName|   3     PIDCntlr class >> new: name [   4         | r |   5         r := super new .   6         r init: name .   7         ^r.   8     ]   9     init: name [ 10         pgain := 0. 11         igain := 0. 12         dgain :=0. 13         acc := 0. 14         oldErr := 0. 15         myName := name . 16     ] 17     wru [ 18         ^myName 19     ] 20 ]