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Re: NQC wishlist
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:07:06 GMT
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A switch statment will be added pretty soon. The variable stuff is on
hold for the moment. I'm holding off on the booleans until I work out a
better strategy for variable allocation and code generation in general.
Dave
In article <3870EBEA.87B46DAC@munich.netsurf.de>, Uwe Denzer
<Uwe.Denzer@munich.netsurf.de> wrote:
> Dave Baum wrote:
>
> > But there could still be a couple "smaller" types. Right now an int is 16
> > bits. Perhaps a char could be 8 bits, and a bool (borrowed from C++) is 1
> > bit. These would then get packed into as many 16 bit variables as
> > needed. I like this idea - especially the notion of bool - since there
> > are many cases where 16 bits is overkill. I tend to have lots of boolean
> > flags in my code.
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> Hi Dave,
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> I'm using your wonderful tool since just a week now (bought my first RIS • for X-mas),
> and I am already seriously running out of variables ... :-)
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> So, I think your idea of variable types of less than 16 bits such as booles and
> shorts is *really great*.
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> And, another wish: somehow, I always feel uncomfortable using these big • nested "if
> ... else if ... else if ... else if ... else..." monsters. (I tend to get • lost which
> else belongs to which if, and so on.) This might be too much of an • idiosyncrasy, but
> I really would appreciate a "switch" statement!
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> Again, thanks a lot for your good stuff.
>
> Uwe
>
> P.S.: Of course, I bought your book.:-) I owned it before the RIS set...
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reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com
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| (...) I am sure more people than me are looking forward to that! About the "smaller" integer variables, I have put together a couple of macros that simulate an array of packed "small" integers, any bit size works, but power-of-2 sizes do not waste (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| (...) Hi Dave, I'm using your wonderful tool since just a week now (bought my first RIS for X-mas), and I am already seriously running out of variables ... :-) So, I think your idea of variable types of less than 16 bits such as booles and shorts is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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