Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-26 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Wolfgang, I think you may have misunderstood my comments. I was not reporting a bug and I'm happy that you have taken the time to consider my simple example of what was giving me grief. I fully understand the problems of not being able to carry out validation at setup time. Even if it

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-25 Thread Norman Dunbar
Afternoon Wolfgang, Why doesn't WM_SETUP return an error? Often it doesn't have any clue as to whether there was an error. It just converts one data structure to another and presumes that the original data structure was OK. I can understand this, up to a point, but there must be some

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-23 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am 23.04.2015 um 11:34 schrieb Wolf w...@wlenerz.com: Hi Marcel, so back then programmers were expected to know what they're doing ;-) Well that never worked, did it? Really good comment, Wolfgang - Made my day! ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-23 Thread Wolf
Hi, Ok, I'm back. I don't have much to contribute to what has already been said. l Why doesn't WM_SETUP return an error? Often it doesn't have any clue as to whether there was an error. It just converts one data structure to another and presumes that the original data structure was OK.

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-23 Thread Wolf
Hi Marcel, so back then programmers were expected to know what they're doing ;-) Well that never worked, did it? Ragards Wolfgang ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Fwd: Re: Why does WM_SETUP - never return an error?

2015-04-23 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Wolf wrote: Why doesn't WM_SETUP return an error? Often it doesn't have any clue as to whether there was an error. That's one point, but also because not checking for errors speeds up the code and makes it smaller. Remember that this was supposed to run on 8Mhz and 128kb of ram, so back then