OpenEuphoria

Re: Detecting the Eu version

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Dec 15, 2004
• 544 views

Igor Kachan wrote:
> 
> Me wrote:
> 
> > Juergen Luethje wrote:
> > 
> > [snip] 
> > 
> > > Yes, the feature would have to be implemented now in Eu 2.5. Otherwise
> > > for the Eu 2.5 interpreter (as it currently is) *there is no other way
> > > than crashing*, when it will try to run source code that contains
> > > keywords which were introduced in Eu 2.6 or later.
> > 
> > Any program requires installing and testing, if it is set up
> > on a new machine.
> > Why not to have a forced artificial crash to avoid improper
> > future using of a given program?
> > Open code programs are for programmers, not for incompetent public.
> 
> Ok, there is the very old and good command in Euphoria - 'with'.
> Try please :
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> with ! -- add here needed comments to guide user in proper direction
> -- code to adjust
> with ! -- add here other comments
> -- code to adjust
> </eucode>
{{{

> 
> You'll get crashes with the error messages:
> 
> unknown with/without option
> with !-- your directional comments
> 
> Force user to correct your program as it is suitable
> for concrete user's machine, platform, OS version,
> videocard, processor speed, interpreter version,
> needed EU libs, RAM size, HD size, start directory,
> dll version, EUDIR, EUINC, cr/lf, cr, lf, EOF,
> language, window size ... all you need to get your
> program working and nice.
> 
> I think, EUPHORIA is a great language, JUST NOW, isn't it?
> 
> Thanks Juergen for your question!
> 
> Regards,
> Igor Kachan
> kinz at peterlink.ru
> 
> 

You are right, Igor.  I wish that Microsoft would include a feature like this in
Office so that I could manually edit the executable when I have the wrong version
of the operating system on my computer.

I tried the with example you printed above.  I couldn't include a '!' in the
with statement unless I wanted the program to crash every time.  Unless that is
what you intended.


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