1. RE: Confirmation for 2.3
aku at inbox.as wrote:
> Will these be avaliable in 2.3 ?
>
> 1. ^ for power and % for remainder
good idea
> 2. object x = 123
excellent idea. i'd love to see this implemented. too bad it won't be :P
> 3. without line length limit
i'm pretty sure the line length limit is due to internal restrictions
> 4. linked lists
...what?...okay, i don't know what that is :)
> 5. string = "abc" "def" becomes string = "abcdef"
why would we need that?
> 6. "\000\001a" (for example) equals to {0,1,'a'}
why would we need that either?
> 7. native get_bytes(), not concenating the strings
huh?
> 8. getenv renamed to get_env
WHY??
2. RE: Confirmation for 2.3
Robert Craig wrote:
> Ross Boyd writes:
> > Can you very briefly tell us what you *are*
> > adding/changing in version 2.3?
>
> Well, briefly:
>
> - source code availability. This requires a fair bit of work on my part
> to make the code ready, especially for non-WATCOM compilers.
> - namespace enhancement
> - 2-pass binder removes all unused routines, vars, constants
> and provides various improvements
> - trace(3) logs statements to a file
> - several small bug fixes
> - dozens of small but very useful improvements.
> If I take time to type them all in, I'll have to drop one. 
Rob:
> - 2-pass binder removes all unused routines, vars, constants
> and provides various improvements
I hope this only means local unused routines, vars, constants,
and not globals that are used in libraries.
Bernie
