Pointer Errors

[blueb]

Some users have been displaying code like this

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;==================== 
;  PB 6.20 Beta 3 (x64)
GetCount(*cProps.l)
;==================

I'm also using the latest beta, but I keep getting error messages saying: "Native types can't be used with pointers"

While I completely understand, I fail see why some users can use native types with pointers, and some cannot.

Is there a switch somewhere that escapes me?

[mk-soft]

This is old code and the native types must be removed. The code then works as before.
It also makes no sense to specify these, as it is a pointer.

[miso]

Some users have been displaying code like this

Older PB versions allowed this, so you might find these things in legacy code.

[blueb]

This is old code and the native types must be removed. The code then works as before.
It also makes no sense to specify these, as it is a pointer.

I agree 100%.. it's just that the last 3 or 4 times I've downloaded 'sample' code, it contains these older pointers, but the poster has indicated that they are on PB 6.20 betas, and I can't figure out why they don't seem to get these error messages.

Thanks for confirming what I thought.

[Fred]

It's a new check from 6.20 beta 4 as it was missing.

[PBJim]

It's a new check from 6.20 beta 4 as it was missing.

This check has been included in PB since I started working with it. I'm still on PB 6.00 Windows.

[Fred]

Yes, it's been added for interface as well in 6.20b4.