On 12/01/2014 02:35 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote: > Maybe an Oct$() function inside the interpreter. Octal is normally not > needed with Gambas. Do you have any use of that?
Perhaps only occasional use, but, yes. Stat.Mode returns the mode of a file as a decimal integer which is not very intuitive for someone used to working with CHMOD with octal numbers. Oct$(420) --> 644 A while back I looked at the interpreter's source and it appeared that one conversion function (was it bin_hex?) was structured to allow for different conversions. But, it also looked as though there was no more room in the jump table. However, IIRC, those were actually conversion functions and not formatting functions. Perhaps Format$ could allow for eg. Format$(mode, gb.Octal), or to follow what you originally proposed: eg. "Util.Oct$(mode) As String". -- Lee __________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
