OpenEuphoria

RE: Danger! Type-checking & the translator

• Posted by Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com> Jan 27, 2003
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> According to the Translator docs:
> 
> "User-defined types will not affect your speed. They are ignored by the
> translator unless you also call them directly with normal function 
> calls."
> 
Ok, found it.  It is under the section about "speed" when it ought to be 
mentioned promiently under a section about "why your code might not 
still work".

> 
> > It should say, "You can't use custom
> > types in translated programs, period."
> 
> Of course you can, but they are ignored
> just as if you had said "without type_check".
> Actually, they are not completely ignored.
> The Translator can still pick up information from them,
> such as whether your variable is a subset of integer, sequence etc.
> 
Well, if you have to call them explicitly, then they become normal 
functions.  Effectively, you can't use types as types.

> It won't be in 2.4 though. My schedule has slipped too much already.
> I'm still hoping for a release in 10 days (I added some new stuff).
> 

Please, put it on the list for 2.5...