OpenEuphoria

Re: getenv

• Posted by Kenneth Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at ya?o?.com> May 30, 2008
• 654 views

Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
> 
> Kenneth Rhodes wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Once again, I'm probably talking over my head here...
> > 
> > I do understand the simplicity of "dumbing down" the Linux version
> > of Euphoria, its the easiest way out-- at least as far as cross-platform
> > consistency.  However, it strikes me as fundamentally wrong to throw away,
> > ignore, or mis-report information which might be useful.
> >
> 
> Yes, I agree.
>  
> > So is it really that difficult to document the deficient functioning
> > of Windows? 
> > 
> 
> I think this is worse then dumbing down the Linux version. If the language is
> cross-platform then it should do it's best to be truly cross-platform. As a
> developer, I want to know that it runs on Windows therefore it will work on
> Linux. I do not want to have to code ALL SORTS of IFDEF'S... checks
> ALL OVER.
> ...
> instead of if platform() = WIN32 then ... you can do IFDEF WIN32 
then ... The later decision is made at parse time ONLY ONCE in your 
applications life...
> 
> Jeremy Cowgar

So which is it? ALL SORTS / ALL OVER or ONLY ONCE? It sounds as 
though your new ifdef code might simply the cross-platform problem
with getenv() without having to dumb down Linux.



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