OpenEuphoria

Re: Proposal for a (small) enhancement to the value() function.

• Posted by ChrisBurch2 <crylex at freeuk.co.uk> Jun 25, 2007
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CChris wrote:
> 
> Currently, value(), defined in get.e, takes a sequence and returns {status
> code,
> value read}.
> The proposed enhancement is to return 
> {status code,
>  value read,
>  number of characters read,
>  number of leading whitespace characters}.
> 
> This can be done at the cost of creating a duplicated, slightly modified copy
> of the internal Get() function, so that performance won't be affacted at all.
> get() won't be affected, since where() will give you most of the same
> information.
> 
> Any thoughts? issues? other suggestions?
> CChris

If backwards compatability is not affected, then no problems - since I'm
only interested in value[2] its not a problem for me.

Chris