Suggestion for versions of PB/DOS

[Roland Haeder]

Hi,

I have changed from QuickBASIC to PowerBASIC yesterday and I'm missing a real nice feature:

- string constants

I use this e.g. to include version numbers with ease in my programs:
CONST VERSION$ = "v0.00.06"

Could be a good idea for the next release.

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Keep always smooth

[Tom Hanlin]

I'll be glad to add it to the feature requests. In the meantime,
perhaps a variable would do?

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Roland Haeder]

Yes, like this:

SHARED VERSION$

VERSION$ = "v0.00.06"

This should (?) work.

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Keep always smooth

[Gary Stout]

Roland,

I believe you will need to use
GLOBAL Version$


No.... nevermind... I have been using the windows compilers for
so long now....

SHARED Version$ will work just fine.

PUBLIC is another one that might be useful if you are using external
units or libraries.


Thanks,

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Gary Stout
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[Roland Haeder]

Thanks

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Keep always smooth

[Gary Stout]

Tom,

These may already be on the list, but could you add
GLOBAL Variables and $Variable to the list.

Thanks,


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Gary Stout
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[Tom Hanlin]

SHARED already produces global variables, yes? Or are you looking
for some different functionality?

Constants (or equates) are on the list.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Gary Stout]

Originally posted by Tom Hanlin:
SHARED already produces global variables, yes? Or are you looking
for some different functionality?

Just to bring the keyword GLOBAL=SHARED to the dos compiler so that
when switching from the windows compilers back to the dos compiler,
it would be easier to remember if they were the same. No big deal,
just throwing out the suggestion. But you are right, SHARED does
the same as GLOBAL.

Thanks,





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Gary Stout
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