OpenEuphoria

Re: Modifying the Euphoria interpreter

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Jun 14, 2007
• 572 views

CChris wrote:

> Juergen Luethje wrote:
> > 
> > CChris wrote:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> > > Ok, I found some time to check it out.
> > > Protecting the open_dll() statement by an "if platform()=" test enables a
> > > program containing it to run both under exw and ex, both under Windows and
> > > in a DOS box. So I assume this protection will be enough, although I'll
> > > perform a test with the newly built interpreters just to be sure.
> > 
> > What is the reason for integrating open_dll() into the interpreter?
> > 
> > Regards,
> >    Juergen
> 
> You may wish to check <a
> href="http://www.listfilter.com/EUforum/m14385.html">http://www.listfilter.com/EUforum/m14385.html</a>
> for a
> detailed report.

Ah yes, I see.

> I initially considered using direct translation, not involving any API call.
> After all, it is only a matter of character recoding, which can be done using
> a simple lookup table.
> 
> I quickly backed off considering that there are a few OEM and Windows code
> pages to cater for, each with its own 128-255 range mapping. It looked
> far more straightforward and reliable to ask the system for a proper
> translation.

I agree absolutely. The developers of Windows already have done that work,
and there is no need for you to do it again.

<snip>

Regards,
   Juergen