Err....... No
@FM, @AM, @VM etc are 'Constant' strings ( 'directly' available at
runtime )
whereas :
EQUATE FM TO CHAR(254)
replaces the 'FM' with 'CHAR(254)' in your program
ie;
The following line of Basic code, under the hood :
x = y:FM:z
would become :
x = y:CHAR(254):z
Simple test :
001 EQUATE FM TO CHAR(254)
002 FM = 1
003 @FM = 1
BASIC . test.b
"test.b", 2 (offset 1) near RESERVED WORD "CHAR":
CHAR(254) = 1
^
parse error
1 error was found
The problem on line 3 is ( cryptically ) reported as :
Unknown @ system constant @FM specified
because the 'system constants' should not appear on the Left hand side
of an assignment
On Oct 20, 9:11 pm, Ian Perkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm sure I read somewhere that, under the hood, @FM et al are actually
> function calls? So, EQUATE FM TO CHAR(254) may gain a few ms in some
> situations...
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