PureBasic 4.00 for AmigaOS (OpenSource)

[Fred]

Hi Folks,

As the AmigaOS version of PureBasic is not actively supported anymore, we decided to open as much code as we could do. Therefore, the whole commandset of PureBasic (beware, written completely in 680x0 assembly), the IDE and some other tools are available for modification. As the compiler source is shared between all the versions of PureBasic, it remains closed. If you do a bug fix, an improvement or anything else which could make PureBasic for AmigaOS better, don't hesitate to send us your patch, it will be included in the next release. We don't plan to work on the AmigaOS libraries anymore, but the compiler has been ported using the lastest v4.00 branch, so we will support any future version of the compiler, but without implementing CPU specific features. For example, the "Macros" are available on AmigaOS 4.00 compiler, as it's a compiler feature, but "quad" and "double" are not, as they need a CPU specific implementation.

Change list against the last official version (2.90):

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    Added: Macros
    Added: Interfaces
    Added: Character support (.c) for ascii (not for unicode)
    Added: SizeOf(), OffsetOf() etc.
    Added: Build-in constants like #PB_Compiler_Home, #PB_Compiler_OS, #PB_Compiler_Date
    Added: Variable arguments for procedures
    Added: Direct variable access for procedure numeric arguments (faster procedure call)
    Added: Commandset reworked to preserves d2-d7 and a2-a6 registers like OS functions (by Doobrey)
    Added: Improved stability, all the standard PB unit-tests pass for the compiler
    Added: 32bits divide for 68000 processors (by Doobrey)
    Added: DirectoryEntryAttributes(), DirectoryEntrySize(), IsDirectory(), IsFile() (by Doobrey)
    Added: GetExtensionPart(), Red(), Green(), Blue(), RGB() (by Doobrey)

    Removed: InitRequester(), now automatically called

    Renamed: 'DefType' to 'Define'
    Renamed: GetCLIArgs() and CountCLIArgs() to ProgramParameter()
    Renamed: Red() to ScreenRed(), Blue() to ScreenBlue(), Green() to ScreenGreen()
    Renamed: PalRGB() to PaletteRGB(), RGB() to ScreenRGB() 
    Renamed: OpenNetworkConnexion() to OpenNetworkConnection()
    Renamed: CloseNetworkConnexion() to CloseNetworkConnection()

It can be downloaded directly on the download page. More informations can be found in the Sources/ directory of the package.

Have fun !

The Fantaisie Software Team.

[Psychophanta]

First saying thanks.
I hope someone is interested on it.

[rsts]

While this might not be the best news to Amiga users (or perhaps the open source aspect will please them), - I'm happy that you're allowing yourself more time for the other supported platforms.

cheers

[Rescator]

Gah! I'm almost tempted to dust off the old A1200 to mess around...

As a old Amiga user I thank you Fred, a very nice gesture.
And yes I do hope this breathes some new life and future improvements into PB on the Amiga

[Dare]

Although I am not interested in the Amiga, I think this is a great gesture.

Thanks!

[Flype]

Thank you Fred for this Amiga-Christmas-Gift, very nice.
I will test it as soon as possible... just for fun.

By the way Fred,
Where can we all discuss with Doobrey who seems to be an important/helpful guy ? (forum, irc, ...)

[traumatic]

great move!

[akee]

Wow! But I don't have an Amiga...

[the_off_topic_guy]

You can emulate an Amiga.. Look for WinUAE or if you are using Linux then look for UAE.

[Bonne_den_kule]

Where is my old A500...

[dracflamloc]

Haha, neat, I should mess around with this when I get some free time. Thanks Fred. Hows about that OGRE source eh?

[freddix]

really interesting ...

[xperience2003]

alphasnd ruuulezZ

[Niffo]

Great news ... even if that means the total abandon of Amiga 68K. Any chance to see a support of the PPC plate-forms (AmigaOS4, Morphos) any day ? ... at least for the compiler ?

[Flype]

By the way Fred,
Where can we all discuss with Doobrey who seems to be an important/helpful guy ? (forum, irc, ...)

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