Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

On 6/10/22 10:12, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: "saw"... heh I was thinking along those lines as well. Heck, I just saw my octalmologist last week. Phil Davis On 6/10/22 8:16 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: So it has nothing to do with eye surgery?? Dang. I thought I was going

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

I was thinking along those lines as well. Heck, I just saw my octalmologist last week. Phil Davis On 6/10/22 8:16 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: So it has nothing to do with eye surgery?? Dang. I thought I was going to get a prize or something. Bob S On Jun 10, 2022, at 24:45 ,

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

I may be dreaming, but didn't you mention that using "the" before a property name would be required? That will throw a lot of people who've become used to omitting that. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On June 10, 2022 2:4

RE: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Waddingham Subject: Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals? On 2022-06-09 20:54, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: > Mark. > > Gong the other way, is your task made much simpler by losing > “converOctals”? I assume so, or the issue would never have come up. > Are there other s

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

So it has nothing to do with eye surgery?? Dang. I thought I was going to get a prize or something. Bob S > On Jun 10, 2022, at 24:45 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > Given the responses so far, it looks to me like convertOctals is an > exceptionally rarely used feature (the

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

On 2022-06-09 20:54, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Mark. Gong the other way, is your task made much simpler by losing “converOctals”? I assume so, or the issue would never have come up. Are there other similar language elements that also are on the block? I'm not sure it makes things 'm

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Wait, I like octal! I admit I have not used it since writing a disassembler for the HP-85, which nobody but me ever used. I agree with Ralf - carrots would be just fine. .Jerry > On Jun 9, 2022, at 5:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > So I'm currently sitting here about to e

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Mark. Gong the other way, is your task made much simpler by losing “converOctals”? I assume so, or the issue would never have come up. Are there other similar language elements that also are on the block? Craig > On Jun 9, 2022, at 1:03 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode > wrote: > > 1) No

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

1) No (or didn't until I looked just now) 2) N/A 3) N/A 4) N/A On 09/06/2022 13:44, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing (which is the final thing to sort out before being able to me

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Had to look it up, never used it. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2022, at 8:45 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing > (which is the final > thing to sort out before bei

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Does it have something to do with eye surgery? Bob S > On Jun 9, 2022, at 05:44 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing > (which is the final > thing to sort out before bein

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

On 6/9/22 05:44, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing (which is the final thing to sort out before being able to merge my constant expression patch) and I was reminded of 'convertOcta

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

On Jun 9, 2022, at 9:53 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: On 2022-06-09 16:33, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: Wait, you said three questions. But no. What are those two hard problems of computer science again? ;) I forget, but I’ve encounte

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

On 2022-06-09 16:33, Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: Wait, you said three questions. But no. What are those two hard problems of computer science again? ;) -- Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps _

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

On Jun 9, 2022, at 6:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing (which is the final thing to sort out before being able to merge my constant

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

I have never used an octal. But it well might break legacy handlers of others, however simple it is to write a custom function to replicate. Craig > On Jun 9, 2022, at 10:37 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > Never use octal. pretty much any entries theses days are decimal or > h

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

On 09.06.22 14:44, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing (which is the final thing to sort out before being able to merge my constant expression patch) and I was reminded of 'convert

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Never use octal. pretty much any entries theses days are decimal or hexadecimal. Even binary (bit shifting or masks) is exceedingly rare On 6/9/2022 8:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote: So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

Hi Mark > On Jun 9, 2022, at 8:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing > > (which is the final > thing to sort out be

Re: Would anyone miss convertOctals?

> On 9 Jun 2022, at 1:44 pm, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing > (which is the final > thing to sort out before being able to merge my constant expression patch) > and I

Would anyone miss convertOctals?

So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing (which is the final thing to sort out before being able to merge my constant expression patch) and I was reminded of 'convertOctals'. Now, generally, I am somewhat averse to actually re