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Re: Peersoft..1.5.6 is out for 2016

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Benoit0123 wrote:
>
> c) Applesoft bug fixes:
> c.1) As a sideway of supporting the processing of the byte subtype, an
> Applesoft bug illustrated by codlet below is fixed:
> 10  REM Enter the "10:10" (w/o the double-quotes) string at input prompt
> 20  INPUT "TIME OF EVENT: ";A$: PRINT A$
> Will output the string "10" to display under plain vanilla Applesoft
> instead
> of the entered string as a whole.
> This bug was noted by Ivan Drucker at a Kansasfest past session while
> describing his "Nu Input" package. From now on and with the help of
> Peersoft, Applesoft "sucks" a bit less (to quote Ivan's own adjective to
> qualify those Applesoft statements) ;-). 
> c.2) Plain vanilla Applesoft could not handle this statement: A% = -32768
> despite the fact that -32768 is a perfectly valid value to be bound to an
> integer variable (well when signed arithmetic is active ;-). Peersoft
> includes a fix for that bug as well.
> 
> d) New syntax scheme for iterating through arrays element by element. A
> previous syntax extension allowed for iterating thru a multidimensional
> array's elements, using a loop with just one level/one index variable (see
> provided documentation and sample below).

It's always good to see bugs fixed, and the new array element syntax looks
useful too.

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Peersoft..1.5.6 is out for 2016 Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr> - 2016-01-05 19:22 +0000
  Re: Peersoft..1.5.6 is out for 2016 D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-01-05 21:28 +0000
    Re: Peersoft..1.5.6 is out for 2016 Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr> - 2016-01-12 14:18 +0000

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