WriteProgramString(program, FLAG)

[srod]

Hi,

would it be possible to add a flag to the ReadProgramString() and WriteProgramString() functions to set the format of the strings being read from stdin or written to stdout etc? Much like PeekS(), PokeS() etc.

The reason I ask is that I am writing an app which needs to communicate with the PB compiler and when running in Unicode mode I have to take steps to send all commands in ascii and receive all data in ascii etc. When reading the output from the compiler, I have to use ReadProgramData() when running my app in unicode mode etc. It would be far easier to use ReadProgramString() with a #PB_Ascii flag etc.


(@Freak : I am finding that when using ReadProgramData() to get the compiler's output (STANDBY mode), unless I read one byte at a time, I am finding it difficult to get the compiler to send all the data, it doesn't seem to flush it's 'outbound' pipe until I close the connection with the compiler - something I can't do until the compiler has sent all of it's data! E.g. with a buffer of 1024 bytes, I typically find that 200+ bytes remain to be read - likely held up in a buffer somewhere! I can send you the code if you wish to take a look?)

[lexvictory]

+1

Took me a while to realise that it was expecting a Unicode string.

[freak]

This lib is due for an internal rework anyway, so this might be a good thing to add.