Re: Euphoria features
From: Everett Williams <rett at GVTC.COM>
Subject: Re: Euphoria features
<snip Jason's type check routine>
> And how is this type of thing going to describe the umpty hundred bit
> and
> byte flags in the average message header, no matter the protocol. They
> have to be literally unpacked one by one and then moved into a different
> sequence or atom before they can be intelligently maneuvered. And
> since the data stream is dynamic, and treacherous, I really need for
> type checking to stay on. Can you spell Methuselah...the guy whose
> age you will approach while all this gets done.
It appears that at least two people are laboring under a misconception
of exactly what type() does.
Bear in mind that a type() failure can _only_ cause an immediate abend. Very
useful when debugging, but worse than useless in a production program.
Surely I don't have to explain this further.
If type() could modify the passed parameter according to some rules you set
up, e.g: ask the clumsy typist to try again, it would be much more useful.
If it were faster, that wouldn't hurt either.
Irv
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