03-31-2016, 03:58 PM
Hi guys,
For the simple case of for a=1 to 255, that should totally work as a byte. Both values are in range. Its intuitive, and not unreasonable and certainly possible to implement. If "everyone bumps their head on this" then doesnt it make sense to fix it? Even if the value of a is 0 after the loop thats ok. But bombing out should not be acceptable or something every zx basic coder needs to add to a list of "stuff that doesnt work as u expect" in their heads.
If however the type is too small to fit the range then yeah, thats the coders problem
Just my 2 cents.
For the simple case of for a=1 to 255, that should totally work as a byte. Both values are in range. Its intuitive, and not unreasonable and certainly possible to implement. If "everyone bumps their head on this" then doesnt it make sense to fix it? Even if the value of a is 0 after the loop thats ok. But bombing out should not be acceptable or something every zx basic coder needs to add to a list of "stuff that doesnt work as u expect" in their heads.
If however the type is too small to fit the range then yeah, thats the coders problem
Just my 2 cents.