One of the most challenging things to get used to in PB is its inconsistent syntax:
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Read.s MyFirstData$ ; vs:
Text$ = PeekS(*MemoryBuffer )
Both instructions retrieve data from memory, but one stores it into the argument (old-school 70's style), while the other returns it. When you see these commands like Read with old-school syntax, then you go to use ReplaceString, it is a common mistake (which I made, and have seen several newbies make) to forget, and assume the argument gets changed.
Also, the "type" indication is inconsistent: Read.s uses .s, PokeS uses an appended S.
I would like to request that the PB consider creating modern style commands as alternatives to the old-school commands. So instead of
We would use
or, with a one-command shortcut eliminating Restore:
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MyFirstData$ = Reads(StringData) ;<-- a label
Obviously Read is just the example I came up with, and if there are other commands using this 70's style syntax, they could be standardized as well. The original syntax could be maintained (for a time...maybe until ver 7.0...? ), so old code would still work with an obsolescence warning.
I have been working with PB long enough that these issues do not stump me, but I think standardizing the syntax should be something to consider.
