My program is calculating attribute memory addresses for screen characters. In the interests of only DIMing what I need, I store the screen coordinates as UBYTE since I only need numbers from 0-32 at most.

I have spent a long time to find that the compiler doesn't perform the maths properly when these UBYTE variables are used with larger numbers in a calculation - even though I'm never asking for that UBYTE variable to be made any larger. See this example:

In Sinclair BASIC you can DIM the length of a string using
DIM a$(5)

If I try something similar in Boriel BASIC
DIM a$(5) AS STRING

the compiler seems to interpret this as an array declaration.

Sometimes it's useful to declare the largest expected length of a string if you want to build it up of component pieces. e.g. In Sinclair BASIC:

It seems as if the compiler gets this wrong when the x coord is greater than 27. See example:

I'm having trouble passing a string to a Function in order to edit it. The code which works fine outside of a Function just won't modify the string inside the Function for some reason. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

In my program PAUSE doesn't seem to work. Is that normal? I would find it useful to delay execution a bit while my program prints an error on screen when the result of an INPUT isn't compliant. I can't see any mention of PAUSE in the wiki. I mean I can use a FOR loop to count to 10,000 instead, but I thought the aim of Boriel BASIC is to be a faster superset of Sinclair BASIC so it's surprising this seems to be missing.

I'm new to the compiler, using it on Mac OS. Compiling a simple test program works fine. If I paste in the code from the FSin function from the documentation it won't compile:

Bikers - a brand new commercial game for the ZX Spectrum Next written using Boriel's ZX Basic Compiler and my own custom libraries for the ZX Spectrum Next.

https://cavern.games/bikers

• 256 colour screen mode
  
• Huge sprites
  
• Tile mapped horizon graphics
  
• Split tile map scrolling using copper
  
• 30 fps at 60Hz
  
• AY-3 music
  
• 1MB or 2MB ZX Spectrum Next
  

Hello,

I wonder what the limit is to code size with Boriel on:

48K
128K
ZX Spectrum Next?

Can I write my program without thinking about how Boriel is paging memory in the background?

Hello friends, how are you?

I present you the game made by the FitoSoft team. Made in Basic and compiled with Boriel zxb. 

Support for common dialects can be implemented.
In the librares (modules).

48 BASIC
128 BASIC (Where is PLAY & SPECTRUM ?)
+3 BASIC
TR-DOS

PRO-DOS
Laser BASIC
Mega BASIC
Beta BASIC
Softek IS
Softek FP


In many cases it is not necessary to follow a strict syntax such as "REM S, A, x, y" (from Softek IS)". And use more correct syntax. But the compiler must understand all synonyms and correct them by prompting the programmer. In turn, the programmer can choose any synonyms, including leaving it as it is.
It is not necessary to use the words LET and SUB in the program, but it is advisable when declaring ...
It is permissible to use signs that an object belongs to a particular type (using letters !,%, $ Or color), as well as an statement to a particular library (to understand where it came from).
The programmer can add his own new statements, functions, libraries, synonyms (i.e. own syntax). But all of them, of course, must be described by the programmer.