On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 06:30:08AM +1300, Ralph Versteegen wrote: > 2009/12/18 James Paige <[email protected]>: > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 08:19:47AM -0800, [email protected] > > wrote: > >> teeemcee > >> 2009-12-17 08:19:47 -0800 (Thu, 17 Dec 2009) > >> 437 > >> fbc does not export debugging symbols for strings implicitly declared or > >> with a $ suffix. Giving me some trouble, I got rather sidetracked with the > >> larger rather than immediate problem, so I remedied it somewhat by > >> explicitly declaring all dimmed (and static) strings 'as string'. I left > >> function arguments alone, they weren't a problem, and complelely > >> undeclared strings as well of course. Terribly sorry if this clashes with > >> something. > > > > It did not conflict with anything I was doing, and I am quite pleased by > > it :) > > > > I remember when I was quite emotionally attached to the QB $ suffix > > syntax, and I still sometimes speak the $ symbol aloud as the word > > "string" (such as "The salmon dinner costs string-fourteen plus tip") > > but I am getting very comfortable with its removal. > > > > --- > > James > > Hahah! > It's also taken me a few years to feel more comfortable without than > with $, but FB's buggy support for QB syntax is the killing stroke. > > There were still few variables with the same name but different suffix > around - I had thought FB had dropped support for that at some point.
I did a quick test, and it looks like -lang fb forbids such collisions, but -lang deprecated still allows them. --- James Paige _______________________________________________ Ohrrpgce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org
