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Anybody who knows anything about Easy Language should realize the lack of
passing variables by reference is a HUGE limitation of TS4.
Couple that with the 64k limitation as well as the crackability of the
protected ELA format,
and you've got yourself a Windows 3.1 type of product.
Anyone still running Win 3.1 ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Fritz [mailto:fritz@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:11 AM
> To: jonmac
> Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: programming standards ?
>
>
> > One problem I have is that while the arrays and other functions I
> > have made help reduce the code size, when I implement the function
> > that holds the array with a system using lowest or highest function
> > I get the message: "Variables & Arrays cannot be passed to function
> > Lowest". Does anyone have any suggestion as to what I am doing
> > wrong, or a possible fix if this is a TS bug, please?
>
> You mention the 64k limit, so I assume you're using TS4. TS4 doesn't
> support passing arrays. TS2k and TS6 support passing arrays and
> passing arguments "by reference" -- meaning a function can change its
> inputs, and that change propagates back to the calling code.
>
> Lowest() is intended only to find the lowest value in a "series,"
> which is the EL data structure used to represent previous bar
> history. You can't use it to find the lowest value in an array. If
> you could pass an array to a function, you could write your own
> LowestInArray function, but since you're on TS4...
>
> If you need to find the lowest element in an array, you'll just have
> to insert the code to do it in-line.
>
> > Also, when functions are made for code (even small code), is the
> > 64K code size of systems reduced by the use of these functions?
>
> No. All function code is included in the 64k ceiling. However, if
> you use an IncludeSystem, the code in that included system IS NOT
> counted toward your 64k limit.
>
> > And in general, would it be reasonable to think that about 2x A4
> > pages of code would be about the 64K limit? (This seems to be about
> > the amount of text, that produces my warning 'size' limit).
>
> That depends entirely on the complexity of code, the amount of
> comments & whitespace in your code, etc. I just looked at a
> particularly large system -- it contains over 240 lines (about 4
> pages) of code and comments, and it hasn't hit the limit yet. I just
> tried adding more code, and was able to add almost 200 more lines of
> code (no comments) before I got a "Not enough memory" error from the
> Power Editor when I verified it. I still didn't get the 64k message
> from TS.
>
> Gary
>
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