Use Flags for Variable Results

[Paul]

How about flags for Val, Str, Peek, Poke, GetDatabase, Read, Write, ReadPreferences, WritePreferences...

example:
Result=Val(String$,#PB_Long)
Result=Peek(*Memory,#PB_Double)

This way you could also change the results through code by simply changing the flag value. Very flexable

Other commands use flags to specify various results so why not be consistant?

Makes more sense than PeekB, PeekC, PeekD, PeekF, PeekL, PeekQ, PeekS, PeekW, etc...

[Rescator]

I agree, it's getting kinda messy with all these variants!
And Fred could even use his own Macro system to change

PeekQ() to Peek(x,#PB_Quad) at compile time, thus avoiding source compatibility issues.

EDIT: Or even the other way around, whatever is most efficient code/speedwise!

[fsw]

I agree, it's getting kinda messy with all these variants!
And Fred could even use his own Macro system to change

This is a good idea, but don't use PB's macro system, it's buggy when used heavely

[Trond]

This willl make the functions slower, so I doubt this will be implemented.