Does it have something to do with eye surgery? Bob S
> On Jun 9, 2022, at 05:44 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing > <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23653> (which is the final > thing to sort out before being able to merge my constant expression patch) > and I was reminded of 'convertOctals'. > > Now, generally, I am somewhat averse to actually removing any language > feature (even those we have deprecated, unless we absolutely have to!) - > however, I would really like to make convertOctals have no effect at all in > 10.0+ as it adds a disproportionate amount of complexity compared to (what I > think, at least) its utility is (particularly in the context of things > 'coming next' like the script compiler). > > So three questions: > > 1) Do you know what convertOctals is, and what it does? > > 2) If you do, have you ever actually used it in any scripts which are > actually still in use? > > 3) If you do use it in any scripts which are still in use, would you be > willing to change them to not use it? > > 4) If you do use/have used it, had you ever noticed that it has been > slightly broken for years? > > Now, its always better to offer a carrot when there is a stick (or in this > case, an axe) being wielded and the carrot in this case would be to expand > the numeric literal syntax to add both explicit octal and binary number > literals alongside hexadecimal: > > 0xabcdef - hex literal > 0o777 - octal literal > 0b101110101 > > The key difference between 0o777 and using 0777 (with convertOctals true) is > that the former is not ambiguous at parse time, it doesn't require a runtime > property set to true in order for the engine to convert the string to a > number correctly. > > Please let me know your thoughts :) > > Warmest Regards, > > Mark. > > P.S. In the scheme of 'breaking changes' - we've already made a number of > them for 10 already, and my gut tells me removing convertOctals is likely to > cause less consternation than those we already have - but I could be wrong! > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
