DIM var ... AT @address (*solved*)

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DIM var ... AT @address (*solved*) - LCD - 2012-10-11

Hi Boriel.
The Address of a label or variable is afaik a constant (@label/@variable), so I wonder why it is not possible to use it in the DIM:

Code:
DIM variable AS UINTEGER AT @label

is rejected by the compiler.
I understand why it would reject variables, even if this would be useful, but @labels or @variablenames should be IMHO not rejected. I just noticed the saved space when using DIMed variable to a adress and then equation label=variable over POKE UINTEGER @label,value. Used this technique in "Yumiko in the haunted Mansion" to read and write frames counter system variable. This made a lot stuff simpler.

Re: DIM var ... AT @address - boriel - 2012-10-11

Hmmm.
Maybe I forgot this use case? Will check it, but the compiler should allow it.

Re: DIM var ... AT @address - LCD - 2012-10-12

OK, thanks for looking at this.
By the way, what does exitcode 255 mean?

Re: DIM var ... AT @address - boriel - 2012-10-24

*Confirmed* The "Variable Aliasing" feature is broken:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:DIM#Variable_aliasing">http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php ... e_aliasing</a>
Hmmm. Seems I introduced this error during the deep changes in previous versions. :oops:

Also I got exit code 1.
How do you get error 255 (the same as -1)?

Re: DIM var ... AT @address - boriel - 2012-10-25

Okay. It seems fixed now.
Download version 1.3.0s924 and tell me if it works ok now.

Re: DIM var ... AT @address - LCD - 2012-10-25

boriel Wrote:*Confirmed* The "Variable Aliasing" feature is broken:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:DIM#Variable_aliasing">http://www.boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php ... e_aliasing</a>
Hmmm. Seems I introduced this error during the deep changes in previous versions. :oops:

Also I got exit code 1.
How do you get error 255 (the same as -1)?

I cannot reproduce how the Exit code -1 was done, because I saw it only once (Then I changed the code a little bit). BorIDE always displays the exit code, I just wondered. Maybe I can reproduce it later.
Anyway thanks for the new Version (Downloading!!!).

Re: DIM var ... AT @address - boriel - 2012-10-25

Please, confirm it is working Tongue

(so I can marked this as *solved*).
There are other issues pending.

Re: DIM var ... AT @address - LCD - 2012-10-25

boriel Wrote:Please, confirm it is working (so I can marked this as *solved*).
There are other issues pending.

Tested, confirmed! It works. Thanks.