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Sorry, I was in the wrong forum ;) wanted to post that into the German one.

Well, but I'll explain it here as well:
Does anybody remember this IE6 problem: You click on a link of a video or another binary file, and instead of asking you whether to Open or Save the file, the file simply gets ...

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My report:

With 4.3 beta2, my WindowedScreens flicker once after they have opened. It's like they're initialized and black, then shortly they're grey, and after that, they're back in black again and then start displaying their stuff.

It doesn't occur in fullscreen mode, and it doesn't occur in PB ...

Change to 64 * 1.5 and you see explicitly (in the assembly code) that the compiler inserts 96 in it's place.

But isn't that crazy?!

When I'm using 64 * 0.5 and it gets casted to longs, then of course I understand that 0.5 becomes 0 and 64 * 0 is of course also 0.

When I'm using 64 * 1.5 and it ...

Actually #NULL, there is no multiplication being performed at runtime here; the compiler is converting 64 * 0.5 to 0 directly during compilation.

Yeah, I thought that too. But unfortunately, it isn't...
The code with the "distance" variable is from my current project, and the 64 was a constant ...

ResizeScreen() would also be nice for non-windowed screens of course

I disagree because of two reasons ;)

1) NewList is an established PB keyword and it wouldn't be logical if some lists have to be made with NewList and some without.

2) There are quite a few OOP-precompilers around, which is a good thing, and if you declare lists only with "()", precompilers wouldn ...

If you're using NewList globally or in a function, it's generally nothing more than a simple pointer. You have a pointer to a list now, and you can use several functions like AddElement() and so on to work with that list.

If NewList would be possible inside a Structure, how would it be different ...

It's just about being able to have a LinkedList as an element of a Structure. It's also possible to have arrays inside a structure, so why not a LinkedList?

I know, because I never produce bugs :roll:

PS: Nobody forces you to use PB's beta versions. And you know that PB's beta phases are usually long enough for bug hunting.

Well I just think your "paranoia" is not a reason for not adding a good and needed (!) feature. You also offer an alternative for the feature, that should prove that you also understand the need for it.

I think it's possible to dislike feature requests because of a valid reason, but "fear of the ...

You just said it can produce bugs. Haha.
EVERY new addition to PureBasic can produce bugs. It doesn't matter if it's syntactic stuff, new datatypes or new library functions. If you're so afraid of bugs because of new functionality, then you probably shouldn't move on to new versions of PB.

I think ...

Well, "NewList" in a structure might indeed seem a little awkward, but on the other hand, it's absolute clear, and it follows PB's syntax style. Also, there are some OOP-precompilers around which would count "()" as a function, not as a list. If ever PB should get native OOP-support (which probably ...

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