OpenEuphoria

RESP : Short Circuiting, File Size (LogicalErr), File Naming

• Posted by Mathew Hounsell <mat.hounsell at MAILEXCITE.COM> Jun 24, 1998
• 696 views

[ Short Curcuiting ]
I vote No!!! I would prefer
        if this_is_a[long][name] >1 or < 30 then
        end if
so the < 30 would also compare to this_is_a[long][name]
and
        sequence s
        if s = "Hello" then
        end if
to improves if.
( Still baracking for the requires <version/platform> keyword. )

[ Getting File Size ]
Alan Tu wrote : "
include file.e

global function file_size( sequence path )
    integer file_i, seek_success

    file_i = open(path, "rb)
    seek_success = seek(file_i, -1)
    return where(file_i)
    -- *ERROR* On Next Line
                close file_i
end function
"

file_i will never close and it should be close(file_i).
reducing you precious file handles even more.

[ File Naming ]
Lewis wrote : 'mouse.zip' tried to download as 'mouse.exe'.  I renamed it in the
dialogue box to 'mouse.zip' again but it saved as 'mouse.zip.exe' ".
Go into WordPad create a file and try and save as something.diz. Guess what? It
gets saved as somthing.diz.txt as Word Pad simplely tacks on the .txt ending.
Don't you love Windows '95. I find 3.11 better than 95 hands down.
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Sincerely,
Mathew Hounsell
Mat.Hounsell at Mailexcite.Com




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