From sjudd at ffd2.com  Sat Aug  5 09:47:55 2006
From: sjudd at ffd2.com (Steve Judd)
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 08:47:55 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Slackers] Maybe finally an update this weekend
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0608050839530.23950@chishio.swcp.com>

Hey dewdz,

OK, our company has left, and for the first time in a while I have a more
or less free weekend, so... I plan on doing some slanging, and maybe will
have an update later on.

Woo-hoo!

-Steve

From jaymz at artificial-stupidity.net  Sat Aug  5 11:10:58 2006
From: jaymz at artificial-stupidity.net (Jaymz Julian)
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 02:10:58 +1000
Subject: [Slackers] Maybe finally an update this weekend
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0608050839530.23950@chishio.swcp.com>;
	from sjudd@ffd2.com on Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 08:47:55AM -0600
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On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 08:47:55AM -0600, Steve Judd wrote:
> Hey dewdz,
> 
> OK, our company has left, and for the first time in a while I have a more
> or less free weekend, so... I plan on doing some slanging, and maybe will
> have an update later on.
> 
> Woo-hoo!

Good Luck!

-- 
--
Jaymz Julian - Coder, Visionary, Fat Ass.
"Hannibal is a serial killer. He only likes to kill and eat people. 
 Very few people have `I want to be killed and eaten' on their cards, 
 so Hannibal is out of a job." - http://cards.sf.net

From metalfoot at petscii.com  Fri Aug 11 22:00:29 2006
From: metalfoot at petscii.com (Alex Klages)
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:00:29 -0500
Subject: [Slackers] Maybe finally an update this weekend
In-Reply-To: <20060806021057.N55170@artificial-stupidity.net>
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Sounds good to me! I'm going to try slanging a little myself in the near
future... I'm hoping to get some inspiration from this list!
-Alex

On 8/5/06, Jaymz Julian <jaymz at artificial-stupidity.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 08:47:55AM -0600, Steve Judd wrote:
> > Hey dewdz,
> >
> > OK, our company has left, and for the first time in a while I have a
> more
> > or less free weekend, so... I plan on doing some slanging, and maybe
> will
> > have an update later on.
> >
> > Woo-hoo!
>
> Good Luck!
>
> --
> --
> Jaymz Julian - Coder, Visionary, Fat Ass.
> "Hannibal is a serial killer. He only likes to kill and eat people.
> Very few people have `I want to be killed and eaten' on their cards,
> so Hannibal is out of a job." - http://cards.sf.net
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From sjudd at ffd2.com  Sun Aug 20 12:17:42 2006
From: sjudd at ffd2.com (Steve Judd)
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:17:42 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Slackers] Woo-hoo -- update finally up
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0608201110100.19063@chishio.swcp.com>

Greetz0rz,

Okay, finally have an update:

http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/slang/update15.zip

This one fixes most of the earlier bugs; the only thing I left alone was
the "for x=0:255" bug.  Still deciding what to do about that; right now
I'm leaning towards leaving it in, because the code gets pretty
inefficient (larger and slower) otherwise.

James, I never found the linker problems you were having, but I strongly
suspect they were the same bug as one of Magnus's.

This update involved a fair amount of pointer code rewriting.  Which, of
course, involved a fair amount of re-figuring out how it all worked.
Which brings up one other point: I'm one with the code again and can
currently address problems pretty quickly, so any bugreports would be
welcome sooner rather than later.  It's lame of me to ask this, seeing as
how long it's taken me to get an update out, but such is life.

Thanks guys!  Hope this one works right for a change!

-Steve

From magli143 at gmail.com  Sun Aug 20 13:41:55 2006
From: magli143 at gmail.com (Magnus Lind)
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:41:55 +0200
Subject: [Slackers] Woo-hoo -- update finally up
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References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0608201110100.19063@chishio.swcp.com>
Message-ID: <44E8ACF3.6070706@gmail.com>

Steve Judd wrote:
> This update involved a fair amount of pointer code rewriting.  Which, of
> course, involved a fair amount of re-figuring out how it all worked.
> Which brings up one other point: I'm one with the code again and can
> currently address problems pretty quickly, so any bugreports would be
> welcome sooner rather than later.  It's lame of me to ask this, seeing as
> how long it's taken me to get an update out, but such is life.

Hi Steve,
One quick test I could do right away was to recompile my slang-project.

Unfortunately enough, there seems to have sneaked in a regression since 
the 1.4 release. Its no longer possible to declare pointer variables at 
specific locations.

This code works using the 1.4 release but now fails with a "Ummm... 
thats not a pointer." message.
-----------------------------------------
	float ^fp1
	float ^fp4@$59
	^fp1 = 3.14
	^fp4 = 3.14

sub test()_float ^fp2, float ^fp3@$47
	^fp2 = 3.14
  	^fp3 = 3.14
endsub
------------------------------------------
Ok, using pointer variables at fixed locations might not be the most 
common thing to do. However I ran into this because there's functions in 
the BASIC ROM that I "sub asm" wrap that use this way of returning values.

/Regards

Magnus Lind

From sjudd at ffd2.com  Sun Aug 20 15:39:54 2006
From: sjudd at ffd2.com (Steve Judd)
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:39:54 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Slackers] Woo-hoo -- update finally up
In-Reply-To: <44E8ACF3.6070706@gmail.com>
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	<44E8ACF3.6070706@gmail.com>
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Hey Magnus,

Huh, weird.  One of the things I tested hard against is @-var pointers to
arrays, i.e.

ubyte ^b(256)@$60

should work.  I will fix this up quickly, though.

-Steve

From sjudd at ffd2.com  Sun Aug 20 17:08:24 2006
From: sjudd at ffd2.com (Steve Judd)
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:08:24 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Slackers] Woo-hoo -- update finally up
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	<44E8ACF3.6070706@gmail.com>
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OK, a new version is now at

http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/slang/update15.zip

that fixes the pointer @-var problem.  Such are the dangers of meddling
with old code.

cu,

-Steve

From magli143 at gmail.com  Mon Aug 21 14:30:40 2006
From: magli143 at gmail.com (Magnus Lind)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:30:40 +0200
Subject: [Slackers] Woo-hoo -- update finally up
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	<Pine.LNX.4.58.0608201607220.19063@chishio.swcp.com>
Message-ID: <44EA09E0.1020104@gmail.com>

Steve Judd wrote:
> OK, a new version is now at
> 
> http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/slang/update15.zip
> 
> that fixes the pointer @-var problem.  Such are the dangers of meddling
> with old code.

Thanks, this version works much better. However I have found one tiny 
problem with this one too:

pointers to byte arrays used as return values don't work
----------------------------------------
	test()
   	test_buf(10) = 3

sub test()_ubyte ^buf($100)
endsub
----------------------------------------
fails with a "(01) Syntax error" while
----------------------------------------
	ubyte ^buf($100)
	buf(10) = 3
----------------------------------------
works as expected.


/Regards

Magnus Lind

From sjudd at ffd2.com  Mon Aug 21 21:23:59 2006
From: sjudd at ffd2.com (Steve Judd)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:23:59 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Slackers] Woo-hoo -- update finally up
In-Reply-To: <44EA09E0.1020104@gmail.com>
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	<44E8ACF3.6070706@gmail.com>
	<Pine.LNX.4.58.0608201437510.19063@chishio.swcp.com>
	<Pine.LNX.4.58.0608201607220.19063@chishio.swcp.com>
	<44EA09E0.1020104@gmail.com>
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Hey Magnus,

> Thanks, this version works much better. However I have found one tiny
> problem with this one too:
>
> pointers to byte arrays used as return values don't work
> ----------------------------------------
> 	test()
>    	test_buf(10) = 3
>
> sub test()_ubyte ^buf($100)
> endsub

Yes, sorry, forgot to mention this.  The above is illegal -- the way to
think of it is that you can't pass an array, just a pointer to an array.
To do the above situation, you'd need to do something like

ubyte ^buf(256)
test()
buf = test_buf;
buf(10)=3

The other option is to make both vars @-vars at the same address.

This is a limitation due to how subroutine prototyping works, combined
with the fact that pointers were added very late in the game.

I think there's still a bug with @-var subroutines, so I'll probably be
uploading yet another update shortly.

cu,

-Steve

From sjudd at ffd2.com  Mon Aug 21 21:42:40 2006
From: sjudd at ffd2.com (Steve Judd)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:42:40 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Slackers] Updated update update
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0608212041520.19063@chishio.swcp.com>

http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/slang/update15c.zip

I even named it slightly different from the earlier updates.  What a
concept.

-S

From sjudd at ffd2.com  Fri Aug 25 15:57:47 2006
From: sjudd at ffd2.com (Steve Judd)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:57:47 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Slackers] Paging Jaymz... Paging Jaymz...
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0608251455480.19063@chishio.swcp.com>

Could you try compiling your existing project using the new update, to see
if it works?

(If it doesn't, I have a little time this weekend, maybe even a little
motivation.)

7|-|4n]<Z! :)

-S