@Fred: Questions about setting array to different address

[Hades]

It is possible to set an array to a different address.

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Dim A.l(3,3)
A() = AllocateMemory(128)

- Is this a feature that will work in future too?

- What happens with the original memory area of the array? Is it freed, or should I reset the array to it's original address?


btw.: excellent work with Beta 9, Fred. PB gets better and better...

[mdp]

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Dim A.l(8) : A(0)=123
p0 = @A() : Debug p0

A() = AllocateMemory(128) 
p1 = @A() : Debug p1

Debug PeekL(p0)

As you can see, it does not seem to be freed

[Nik]

freeing<>filling with zeros

[Fred]

You should not use this trick, as it's not granted to be future proof.

[mdp]

Yes Nik,
It was just a guess based on some results.

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Dim a(10) : Debug @a()
Dim b(10) : Debug @b()
Dim c(10) : Debug @c()
Dim d(10) : Debug @d()
c()=AllocateMemory(10) : Debug @c()
Dim e(10) : Debug @e()              ; @e() still follows @d()

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Dim a(10) : Debug @a()
Dim b(10) : Debug @b()
Dim c(10) : Debug @c()
Dim d(10) : Debug @d()
Dim c(20) : Debug @c()
Dim e(10) : Debug @e()  ; @e() replaced @c()

It meant: "Apparently, you could try"

[edit]
but I see the official answer arrived...

[Hades]

@Fred

Thank you for your answer, but it's a shame it isn't future proof.

Sure, Pointers are always possible, but at the moment I'm indexing from one array in memory into another array in memory, and that's a bit ugly with Pointers, at least for development.


I'm writing some fairly complex code here and have already some trouble keeping track what's going on. :roll: So I try to make everything as simple as possible.

[Fred]

It's not a shame, you are dealing with PB internals which are not documented, what did you expect ?

[chen]

you are dealing with PB internals which are not documented, what did you expect ?

What does this mean?

that knowledge is not for us... or we are going to have soon that documentation...
:roll:

[maw]

I assume Fred means exactly what he said. PB internals are not documented, so that knowledge is not for us. And I bet they wont be documented in the foreseeable future either because that simply isn't the scope of the project. It would take way to much time from the development to do it in the first place and it would also make all future develompent take much longer because every little change has to be documented. And there would still be no guarantee that your code would work in a future version, just that it would be documented that it wouldn't work anymore