FreeBasic SDK: extended data type

[Charles Pegge]

Sorry Eros. Don't know what happened there but its definitely uploaded this time.

I will do FB module test pieces as soon as possible.

[ErosOlmi]

Sorry Charles but still cannot get the changes you mentioned.
In thinCore.bi there is no EXT/DOUBLE conversion.
Also parse1numbers should be parse1number (singular because just one number), all the others (from 2 to 7) are plural.
I cleaned also my browser cache (just in case)

Ciao
Eros

PS: going out for few hours now, so take your time.

[Charles Pegge]

Well third time lucky I hope.

[ErosOlmi]

Thanks. This one is ok.

I just noted a little error in
DECLARE FUNCTION thinBasic_Parse1Number LIB "thinCore.DLL" ALIAS "thinBasic_Parse1Numbers"
ALIAS is still with "s". Should be without "s".

Ciao
Eros

[Charles Pegge]

You beat me to it! Thanks Eros.

File updated. But I think it is inevitable that testing all the functions will expose a few more gremlins. I am looking at ways of automating tests whenever changes are made to the module package. - Can't rely on fingers and spectacles.

[ErosOlmi]

Well, when I will finish to align PowerBasic SDK with FreeBasic one, it will be MY DUTY to keep them aligned and documented.
"C" language can wait a bit for the moment.

Thanks a lot for your work Charles!

[Charles Pegge]

Freebasic uses a utility called SWIG to automatically translate C headers to Freebasic headers. I wonder if we could do something similar - to keep module headers synchronised across several languages. It all depends on how frequently the thincore interface is likely to change, but it might save you a lot of work in the long run.

[ErosOlmi]

I do not think I will introduce new interfaces in near future. I just need to make a job on sync and documentation in order to simplify module development.

[jack]

I finally worked on the real10 lib a bit, fixed the output routine and added more
types that are automatically converted to extended when used with an
extended function or variable, also added For Next support for extended type.
I still consider this as an interesting experiment, not solid enough to be taken
seriously.
I bundled the code in one include file so you can compile it in FBide, no need
to compile to lib, it's easier to experiment with the code this way.

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Jack,

thanks for nice surprise, I will try it during tomorrow.


Petr

EDIT: Looked at it right now, this is big amount of work done!