1. RE: Short Circuit message
Robert Craig wrote:
>
> Warnings are meant to flag things that,
> while correct, may deserve some attention.
>
There are many times when it is desirable to write short circuit
routines for speed or sometimes they are unavoidable.
I can write CORRECT code that runs with NO ERRORS and when the
program completes running it pops up your STUPID short-circuit
message.
Why is it necessary for the user to have to edit his program to
prevent this popup window from displaying.
It would be fine if this was a compiler but its and interpter
and it should not be displaying that message.
If the code is correct it should run without warnings or errors
It's not up to the interpter to second guess some users logic.
Bernie
2. RE: Short Circuit message
- Posted by gertie at ad-tek.net
Jul 29, 2001
On 29 Jul 2001, at 20:26, Bernie Ryan wrote:
>
>
> Robert Craig wrote:
> >
> > Warnings are meant to flag things that,
> > while correct, may deserve some attention.
> >
>
> There are many times when it is desirable to write short circuit
> routines for speed or sometimes they are unavoidable.
>
> I can write CORRECT code that runs with NO ERRORS and when the
> program completes running it pops up your STUPID short-circuit
> message.
>
> Why is it necessary for the user to have to edit his program to
> prevent this popup window from displaying.
> It would be fine if this was a compiler but its and interpter
> and it should not be displaying that message.
>
> If the code is correct it should run without warnings or errors
> It's not up to the interpter to second guess some users logic.
I know no one asked me, but my opinion on interpreters follows:
They can and should be the smartest thing since DeepBlue at what they do.
I don't care *how* they do it, whether by directly "running" the source code or
by generating a p-file, but they *can* be the experts at optimization. They
*should* be able to run thru a list of exceptions in generating p-code, and
*should* be able even to handle some keyword spelling mistakes, as well as
reading an ini file so people in other countries could plug in non-english
keywords. Don't get me wrong, i figure Eu is great, but it doesn't really break
out of the ruts all the computer languages are in. We are still moderating our
processes to get a machine to do what we want, when it's way past time for
the machine to understand *us*. It should be easy to drop into an exception
list: "allow all short circuits".
Kat
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