Re: Two '=' On A Single Line

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Am 05.04.2024 um 16:46 schrieb Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>:

string = 'test' + 'this' = ' ';
This compiled, but string = '0' (zero) when done.
Weird.

Not so weird at all, of you use parentheses to show the operator precedence:

string = ( ( 'test' + 'this' ) = ' ' );

As EQUAL has a very low precedence - the PLUS is evaluated first - then it's result compared to ' ' and results on *OFF - which is in fact a correct char value of '0'.

I think we should have a compile option like *USETRUEBOOL which prevents that TRUE/FALSE or *ON/*OFF are treated as valid char values - they should have to be converted with %char() to '1'/'0' only.

With that option active, the compiler should emit an error, if one tries to compare or assign a "bool" value to a "char" variable or vice versa.

Maybe I submit an idea later.

Kind regards,
Daniel