OpenEuphoria

RE: Anyone done anything with the Euphoria Source Code?

• Posted by bensler at mail.com Jan 19, 2002
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How about a switch/case structure too?

bensler at mail.com wrote:
> My first project would be to add a symbol for slicing to the end of a 
> sequence..
> 
> instead of writing:
>    my_sequence[1..length(my_sequence)]
> you could write my_sequence[1..?], or maybe just [1..]
> I think it's more readable to have a symbol in there though..
> By using a symbol, instead of a number, you avoid complications with 
> slice checking.
> 
> I haven't seen the source, but I would expect it to be one of the more 
> straight forward revisions you could do.
> 
> Another might be to add auto assignment of unassigned function calls.
> That's just candy though.. but should be fairly simple. In comparison to 
> 
> other mods anyways..
> 
> foo(a,b,c)
>    would equate to;
> VOID = foo(a,b,c)
> 
> You could also add support for trailing commas for declarations.
> Shouldn't be hard. When a new structure is found, the declaration is 
> terminated. This would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure David would 
> agree with this one ;)
> You might have to add a new structure to deal with this though, to avoid 
> 
> naming conflicts.
> Something like this...
> declare constant
> end declare
> 
> Chris
> 
> tone.skoda at siol.net wrote:
> > If I had source code I would add these things (in order of importance):
> > 
> > 1. Simplified object orientation:
> > 
> > A small example:
> > 
> > include circle.e as circle
> > 
> > circle circle1
> > circle circle2
> > 
> > circle1.x = 100
> > circle1.y = 100
> > circle1.radius = 10
> > 
> > circle2.x = 200
> > circle2.y = 200
> > circle2.radius = 50
> > 
> > circle1.draw ()
> > circle2.draw ()
> > 
> > Code above would draw two DIFFERENT circles.
> > 
> > 
> > 2. Visual debugger with treeviews for sequences.
> > 
> > 3. Structures or something similar. To atleast turn this:
> > point [POINT_X] = x
> > into this:
> > point.x = x
> > 
> > No other thing comes to mind this moment.
> > Feature that every routine must be before you call it is not so bad 
> > thing.
> > It keeps your code more organized. gotos are not needed. Maybe 
> > "continue"
> > statement.
> > 
> >