OpenEuphoria

Re: getenv CORRECTION

• Posted by Kenneth Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yah?o?com> May 30, 2008
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Jim Brown wrote:
> 
> This is still broke. It does not address a SINGLE issue that Derek raised.
> Importantly,
> getenv() never returns 0 on any platform.
> 
> equal(getenv(name), "") is what you want to do. But then there are the other
> two issues Derek raised.
> 
> Original message:
> <snip>
> 
>  if equal(getenv(name),0) and platform() = 3
>  then return -1
>  else return getenv(name) end if


Can something like this be done?

-- what I am trying to say here is:
-- if you Window's return of -1 can mean either that
-- the env variable has not been set, or it is empty,
-- then conform the innocuous ambiguous value to something 
-- cross_platform compatible 
-- whats good for the Goose is good for the Gander 
if equal(getenv(name),-1) and platform() < 3
then return {} -- or " ", if necessary (essentially what George suggested)
else return getenv(name) end if

Ken Rhodes
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