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From: Pedro Ferreira (pedro.ferreira_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-13 12:29:45


Hi Rene,

> Since we are going down this path

Could you elaborate on this, please?

> here are some comments...
>
> * Instead of having possibly many math operation builtins it would be
better
> to have a single builting to do simple math:
>
> rule CALC ( expression + )...
>
> For now just supporting a "+" would be fine, example:
>
> local v = [ CALC 1 + 2 ] ;

Ok. I'll give it a try tomorrow.

> * Stick to using standard C functions, i.e. don't use _itoa as it won't be
> generaly available. Replacing it with a sprintf would be best .

Right. When I wrote it I remembered I had to make it portable but then I
forgot...

Thanks for your comments,

Pedro

 


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