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Apprentice Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 173

I know that there is a difference between:

#VAR test {3}
and
#VAR test 3

one being a string and the other being an integer, but I'm sure this will be a syntax that many people will openly and not so openly get wrong. I'm sure that you can make a smart compiler, but what I think would be better is just adding a:

#INTEGER test {3} {0}
and a
#REAL test {3.1} {0.0}

// could be #FLOAT or #DOUBLE but these have reference to a particular size and you're probably using a #LONG_DOUBLE so these are less desirable

#BOOLEAN {0} {0}

//could be #BIT or, #LOGICAL

I think it's much less confusing this way, and I'm sure people will make less errors with their scripts.

Apprentice Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 173

I guess part of my reasoning comes from this... when I first starting talking on guild channels I'd get yelled at because I didn't start my sentences with a capital letter, and end with a period...

The brackets {} just seem like good grammar to me.

It makes the command feel more formal, but when you mix and match it feels lazy. And it's also something that a beginning programmer won't recognize at first. Anyway, take care.

I think I've heard before that you were saying that you treat the brackets as though it were a "", but I think the truth of the matter is, { != " It is a different symbol. There's a reason people might not internally think they are different. Lexically they are different.

and the finny thing is, even if you were to put #VAR "0" what's to say that this is a string or a number, as there are no brackets.

Ok, my point is, it's confusing.

Wizard Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 1113 Location: USA

I think that what you're asking was already discussed in a much earlier thread.