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Hello,
OK, will add it. But you will need to check nStructSize member of SiteInterface to make sure it is "new" one (size >= 40 ) and
only then access such function.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "paultsho" <paul.tsho@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:58 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker 5.28.0 BETA released
> Fully apprecriate the work involved in writing a translation layer.
>
> If it is practical and inline with your vision to provide a new function, even one that is outside of SiteInterface, one that
> possibly returns a pointer to DATE or a AmiDate Array. A Function that is not available to 5.28 or before, thus compatibility is
> maintained, then it would be fully apprecriated.
>
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@xxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> 1. That would not be effective because this setting affects only data that fit in the cache (as set in preferences).
>> Data that are large than in-memory cache size (1GB max) would need to be flushed to disk in new format anyway.
>> End result would be a mixture that is readable by 5.27+ but not readable by any earier version.
>>
>> 2. Due to backward compatibility with existing plugins the AmiVar structure has to have the size of 8 bytes
>> (4 bytes type, 4 bytes data) and there is simply no room for that.
>> Implementing your suggestion means either breaking compatibility with existing plugins or
>> writing translation layer that will convert back and forth parameters from old style to new style with each
>> and every call back and forth. The second solution would eventually happen, but I did not want
>> to break everything just now. I had enough headache with changes that were requested and the amount of work
>> was tremendous despite the "visuals" did not change. This is not really something you do easily,
>> because ordinary people see "no advantage" because they see no new buttons in the UI, yet
>> the amount of work you do is huge.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "paultsho" <paul.tsho@xxx>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:03 PM
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker 5.28.0 BETA released
>>
>>
>> > Tomasz
>> > I have one suggestion and one request with regard to 5.28
>> >
>> > suggestion - Could you make "Ast to save changed data" checked as default for the next few releases until people have grown
>> > used
>> > to the new database format. Because if it not set, the new format would be saved when we exit AB, regardless of whether we want
>> > it
>> > saved or not. That was the first thing I did, and it took ages to get it back in the previous format.
>> >
>> > request - even though you dont have a specific function that returns the DateTime number in dll. I was able to recast
>> > DateTime()
>> > from a pointer to float to a pointer to AmiDate and access the datetime for each bar. obviously, this is no longer possible. Of
>> > course I could use two functions Datenum and Timenum and combine them for each bar. but that would be a waster of cpu cycles
>> > given
>> > that you actually store the DATETIME in AmiDate format. Could we have a functio that returns a 64 bits pointer to AmiDate or
>> > alternatively DATE. It would make dll function writing for intraday bars, especially tick bars a lot more efficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <groups@> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >> AmiBroker 5.28.0 BETA released:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/2009/08/22/amibroker-5-28-0-beta-released/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Tomasz Janeczko
>> >> amibroker.com
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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