Re: [oopic] Re: speculations

So what aren't you telling us? I know for a fact that it didn't work
when I started using OOPics and your own documentation from that era
backs me up:

<http://home.ica.net/~phoenix/wap/OOPic/Return.PNG>

If you fixed it at some point, you should be well aware of it (and
when it was done). The information never made it to me.

At 01:04 AM 8/6/2008, scottmsavage wrote:
>--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Porrett <slicerwizard@...> wrote:
> > > Most of them (your posts) are checking out to be quite
> > > accurate, informative and very helpful.
> > > Its just the ones that have speculations about the operation
> > > of the compiler that I feel need clarification.
>
> > And I note that some of your clarifications need clarifying. Like
> > the claim that return(value) works in the V5 compiler; it doesn't,
> > but you say it does?
>
>Yes. I in fact do. I ran a test before I posted.
>
>Here is the program for Ver 5:
>--------------------------
>byte a;
>
>sub void main(void){
> a = foo;
>}
>
>function byte foo(void){
> a = 1;
> return(6);
>}
>--------------------------
>
>Here is a subset of the instructions generated by the ver 5 compiler:
>--------------------------
>----:<@Call#1-Exit>: After foo is called.....
>0030:111 '->foo This is where 'a' gets assigned to 'foo'
>0031:247 'GetVariable
>0032:110 '->a
>0033:246 'Setvariable
>0034:129 'Branch
>----:<main-Exit>:
>----:<foo-Begin>:
>0035:001 'Number This is where 'a' gets set to 1.
>0036:110 '->a
>0037:246 'Setvariable
>0038:006 'Number This is where foo gets set to 6.
>0039:111 '->foo
>0040:194 'Let Value
>0041:129 'Branch Return from the function....
>----:<foo-Exit>:
>--------------------------
>
>Works just like it should.
>
>Scott Savage

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