Hi Kiste, It looks like a bug that was introduced at some point. I found an old JAL program, that I know compiled and worked fine, that has this line:
const TAG_UTC = "a" Perhaps it happened when going to JALv2, as my program has the old style of JAL code, like "include 16f88_4". Regards, Mike On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 2:55:13 PM UTC-5 Kiste wrote: > Hi Mike, > > thanks for your reply. It is a constant, there can be a type, but there's > no need. If no type is given, it becomes a "universal" type, which adjusts > its size to the size of the variables it is used with. > > But, still, if I try > > const byte FORMAT_DECIMAL = "." > > I get the same error. > > For the time being, the workaround > > const byte FORMAT_DECIMAL[] = "." > > (with or without "byte") does the trick, the constant can be used without > index, but the definition looks rather strange. > > > Greets, > > Kiste > > Am Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2021, 00:10:57 MEZ hat 'Mike' via jallib < > [email protected]> Folgendes geschrieben: > > > > > > Hi Kiste, > > Don't you need a variable type? > > const byte FORMAT_DECIMAL = "." > > Regards, > Mike > > > On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 3:21:07 AM UTC-5 Kiste wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I can assign a char as an ascii-value to a variable. > > > > I can't assign it to a constant: > > > > const FORMAT_DECIMAL = "." > > > > Compiler says error: type mismatch > > > > I can assign it as a constant array: > > > > const FORMAT_DECIMAL[] = "." > > > > Would it be possible to allow the direct assignment to a single > constant? > > > > Greets, > > Kiste > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jallib" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/4149dfec-1cd9-41cf-ab5c-783539636f85n%40googlegroups.com > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/0e2b44cf-fa3b-4f3b-a893-8bbb0d890cbbn%40googlegroups.com.
