Re: seek() bug?
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Feb 14, 2002
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On 14 Feb 2002, at 17:41, Robert Craig wrote: > > Kat writes: > > This doesn't work: > > junk_i = seek(indexfile,junk_i) > > This does: > > seek_i = seek(indexfile,junk_i) > > That's weird. > In Outlook Express the first two commas in your message > are invisible, even in my reply, while all the other ones are visible, > but if I save the message as a .eml file and examine it, > all the commas are there. They also appear on the > Web interface at Topica. > > I guess I don't know then what your problem was. The seek didn't goto junk_i in the non-working code, it went to the start of the file, position zero (or one, depending on how you look at it). The where() in the line after that reported different positions. > Perhaps I should report it to Microsoft - no, wait - > the last time I reported a bug to Microsoft > they charged the company I was working for > $200 U.S. just to confirm that, yes, you've found > a new Microsoft bug. Ummm,, are you asking for tech support money? Kat