reporting
x = &33
or something similar causing a hang of the compiler, which in 7.35
causes an error, as we don't support Octal numbers
Having grown up as an engineer at HP, we didn't do octal, that was
for DEC, and since DEC is long gone, but HP remains, we probably
won't do Octal in ARMbasic
A request for keyword for bytearray vs using string for everything
How about
#define ByteArray String
When functions are called with a BYREF string, the length field is
rejected and will cause errors. This is spelled out in the Syntax
diagram for FUNCTION/SUB. We could add examples for all the cases,
but probably won't. The HelpFiles will probably always be a work in
progress, but the intention is not to make them a tutorial, as we try
to be a proper subset of most BASICs, there is enough and far better
tutorials of BASIC out there on the web. And as the HelpFile is now
exceeding 500 pages, it gets to a point where people don't even look
there because its too big. So it is a balance, and we do entertain
input on how to improve it. But a better set of examples are really
to be found in the real life BASIClib files for all the string and
hardware functions.