OpenEuphoria

1. Rob: Suggestions for Euphoria 2.6

• Posted by Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com> Nov 22, 2004
• 701 views
• Last edited Nov 23, 2004

Possible improvements and new features for Euphoria 2.6
and other products
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* Assignment on declare ability (exp: integer foo = 345)
* 32 Bit integer data type (same as a LONG in C) (not 31 bits)
* Boolean data type (exp: boolean foo)
* Improvement(s) with namespace feature
* Case & switch feature /w break statement <(*)>
* Increase nested include limit to 50 (from 30) <(**)>
* Significant speed improvement in Euphoria front-end
* Minor speed improvements in C back-end
* Minor speed improvements on certain standard library ruitines
* Minor speed/code generation improvements on translators and binder
* Lots of bug fixes for everything (of course)
* A greatly improved Windows installer (or no installer at all,
  just maybe a zip file with directions on setting up envi. var.)


<(*)> Examples for Euphoria Case & Switch feature

--Example #1:
--~~~~~~~~~~~
include get.e

integer answer, halt

answer = prompt_number("What is 8x4 equal? ", {0,50})
switch(answer)
    case 30 :
        puts(1, "Man your dumb!\n")
        break
    case 31 :
        puts(1, "Close but no money!\n")
        puts(1, "\n\t try again")
        break
    case 32 :
        printf(1, "The answer is: %d, so you're correct",
               {answer})
        break
    defualt :
        puts(1, "Your dead wrong, I tell ya.\n")
end switch

halt = wait_key()
clear_screen()

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--Example #2:
--~~~~~~~~~~~
include get.e

sequence grades, halt

grades = prompt_string("How good are your grades? ")
switch(grades)
    case "excelent" :
    case "good" :
        puts(1, "Good job, keep up the good work.\n")
        break
    case "average" :
        puts(1, "An average student is ok.\n")
        break
    case "poor" :
        puts(1, "Get your act together man!\n")
        break
    default :
        puts(1, "What kind of grade is that?\n" &
                "Ask the teacher(s) then tell me.")
        break
end switch

halt = wait_key()
clear_screen()

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<(**)>

Some large libraries (exp: wxEuphoria) could reach the
30 include limit. 30 is alot but just to be on the safe
side increase it to 50 or more.

Vincent

3. Re: Rob: Suggestions for Euphoria 2.6

• Posted by "Kat" <gertie at visionsix.com> Nov 22, 2004
• 652 views
• Last edited Nov 23, 2004

On 22 Nov 2004, at 13:11, Vincent wrote:

> 
> 
> posted by: Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com>
> 
> Possible improvements and new features for Euphoria 2.6
> and other products

<snip>

RobC already said none of what you suggested is going to happen. We've 
been asking for it all for 4 or 5 years.

>         puts(1, "Man your dumb!\n")

Errrrr,, yeas.

Kat

5. Re: Rob: Suggestions for Euphoria 2.6

• Posted by Patrick Barnes <mrtrick at gmail.com> Nov 23, 2004
• 556 views

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:50:30 -0800, Robert Craig
<guest at rapideuphoria.com> wrote:
> Now that the front end is in Euphoria, I could get rid of
> the limit quite easily, but there might be some value
> in reporting recursive mistakes like:
> 
> file foo.e:
> 
>            include foo.e

Uh, I thought that a file, once included, was never included again?
i.e. if A includes B and C, and B includes C, then there is still only
a single instance of C internally.

-- 
MrTrick

7. Re: Rob: Suggestions for Euphoria 2.6

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Nov 23, 2004
• 564 views

Patrick Barnes wrote:
> Uh, I thought that a file, once included, was never included again?
> i.e. if A includes B and C, and B includes C, then there is still only
> a single instance of C internally.

Yes, you are right. My mistake.
Maybe there's no point in having a limit.
Although it might be nicer for the interpreter to
tell you that you have a large number of nested includes,
rather than giving a cryptic message when it suddenly 
fails to open a file.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com