For and quads

[MachineCode]

Just hit this limitation today:

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Line 12: 'For' doesn't support quad variables.

Any plans to support this in future? I need to do a For/Next loop where the ending value is a quad value, but the variable I'm using with "For" can't be a quad. Not sure how to get around it. The code is: "For a.q=1 To n", where "n" = a quad value.

[J. Baker]

+1

Had the same issue with using a double. Looks like only an integer is supported at the moment.

Instead of a quad though, couldn't you just make "n" a negative value?

[MachineCode]

"n" is the result of FileSize() for an 8 GB file, so... no.

[J. Baker]

"n" is the result of FileSize() for an 8 GB file, so... no.

yeah, my bad, as "n" would still not be any larger then an integer anyway. What was I thinking.
Can you use a loop like, Repeat until Eof?

[Danilo]

Not sure how to get around it. The code is: "For a.q=1 To n", where "n" = a quad value.

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a.q = 1
n.q = 10

While a <= n
  ;
  Debug a
  ;
  a+1
Wend

Or with a constant:

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a.q = $FFFFFFFFFFFA
#n  = $FFFFFFFFFFFF

While a <= #n
  ;
  Debug a
  ;
  a+1
Wend

[MachineCode]

Looks like While/Wend will have to do. Thanks to both of you.