Two odd omissions...

[Amiga5k]

I was a little surprised that I can't do this:

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For a.f = 0 to 1 Step .1
  ; Do some stuff with floats
Next

(Can't use floats in a For/Next loop?)

Or this:

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If OpenConsole() = 0 : End

Is there no one-line If/Then (even though I know "Then" is not supported)?

Floats in For/Next would especially be helpful...

Russell

[Tommeh]

First, no i don't think you can put floats into For loops,

But the second one,

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If OpenConsole() = 0 : End : Endif

You must always close the IF statement

[Amiga5k]

First, no i don't think you can put floats into For loops,

Um, yeah, I know. That's why I posted it
Although Pure is the only BASIC I have used that doesn't support floats in For/Next loops. There are other ways to do it, of course, but just thought it was unusual that PB doesn't have it.

But the second one,

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If OpenConsole() = 0 : End : Endif 

You must always close the IF statement.

Yeah. But, again, every other BASIC allows you to simply say

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If whatever Then DoThis.

..if it's on the one line. I would expect it to have to be closed if it is on multiple lines (an If/Then block).
They are minor, to be sure, but just would be nice to have.

Russell

[dracflamloc]

PureBasic is kind of like the Not-BASIC.

To do most things you'll efventually need to hit the API, and the syntax is more of a cross of BASIC and C. Overall its pretty good, just a little weird to get used to. A bit unpolished as of yet.

[Amiga5k]

Yeah, PB can be a bit 'odd' at times, but nothing really major. And really, some of the things it DOES support are not seen in many other Basics. I think a few things wil probably be seen in version 4.0:

- The 'Not' operator (either through 'Not' or through '!' or whatever)
- The above-mentioned floats in For/Next loops
- One line If statements
- line extensions (using "_" or ".." etc to extend to the next line)

<Fingers crossed>

Russell