PureBasic 4.40 beta 5 is out

[Fred]

Hello,

We decided to release a new beta quickly after the previous one, as it was plagued by some severe bugs which could restrain further testing. This is only a bug fix release and we encourage every one who can to test it, as we believe it has reach a stable point and we are close to the final release. You can grab it on your online account.

For other beta news:

viewtopic.php?p=295524#295524

Have fun !

The Fantaisie Software team.

[luis]

Fred, first of all thank you for your great work !

and a question...

What happen to the bugs (or assumed bugs) still not fixed when the 4.40 final will be released ?

What I mean is: sometime a bug is not really a bug or maybe you choose to not "fix" what someone reported as a bug for some reason... and usually you or freak give a reason.

Are the bugs not marked in some way by yourself or freak to be considered not fixable in this version but they will hopefully fixed in the future? Or if not fixed before the release of a stable version and not "replied to" are to be considered as rejected ?

Just to understand the modus operandi for future reference.

[Fred]

There is an internal classification, about the time needed to fix a bug and its severity. We always try to fix showstopper bugs before releasing a final.

[PMV]

... and we encourage every one who can to test it, as we believe it has reach a stable point and we are close to the final release.

Great ... i tested this Beta 5 with my current mainprojekt and it works perfect without any change.

... after that first run i changed a linked list into a map and it works also perfect, work of 5 min ... unbelivable.

MFG PMV

[Demivec]

Technically this post would be a feature request for the next beta but it could be addressed in the current beta cycle.

The command FillMemory(*Memory, Size [, Value [, Type]]) only includes types of #PB_Byte, #PB_Word, and #PB_Long.

Shouldn't it also include #PB_Integer and #PB_Quad?

[DoubleDutch]

Thanks for the update.

[oryaaaaa]

Thanks update, Please support Snow MacOSX.

[Digital Wargames]

Thank you for the new beta

[PB]

> For other beta news:
> viewtopic.php?p=295524#295524

The above link is not clickable.

[Kaeru Gaman]

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 524#295524

you can't just copy/paste links that are shortened by the forums software...

[cas]

I can't see that there is strictly written 'URL' or just 'link' in first post.
It only says that for other beta news is viewtopic.php?p=295524#295524 and we all know where is this.
Sure, it would be better if this was a link because some of us have problems doing things manually.

[PB]

> you can't just copy/paste links that are shortened by the forums software

That's the point I was making. Entire links need to be posted in messages, otherwise there's no quick way to follow them. The old forums didn't have this problem, so maybe it's just a setting that needs tweaking.

[Didelphodon]

One of the new features said ...

- Added: Structure assignment copies the structure (a.point = b.point)

I guess that this works just for static variables and not pointers ...

Code: Select all

*a = @a.point
*b = @b.point
*a.point = *b.point

... so this won't work, does it?

EDIT: Though it's just logical that this won't work cause it's just a address-copy it might be worth a note in the help-files :roll:

Cheers,
Didel.

[blueznl]

Will we have a beta 6? I'd like to fool around with the (close to) final version to test a bit more directx / synchronisation things...

[aaron]

This looks to be close to final.... the bug reports are drying up I think.