Re: A86: rename
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Re: A86: rename
On Thu, 04 Jun 1998 09:08:55 Joshua Grams <j3grams@earthling.net> writes:
>
>At 11:47 PM 6/3/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>On Thu, 04 Jun 1998 00:30:22 -0500 David Phillips <electrum@tfs.net>
>>writes:
>>>
>>>Can't you just change the name in the VAT to rename, as long as the
>>>length
>>>is the same?
>>
>>well, yes, but what if the length isn't?
>>
>Then you have to move the rest of the VAT, which is easy, and update
>all
>pointers that could possibly point to the VAT, which isn't so easy,
>but
>there's a routine in the ROM that will do it (at least, it works for
>_delvar).
which one? why doesn't it work the way i was doing it? is there a
backup copy of the vat somewhere?
>I figured out a way to resize variables, too. But there's this weird
>problem. I can resize a variable fine. But when you try to delete it,
>it
>screws up. I've looked at the VAT and var data when I resize a var
>that's
>between two other variables. And they look fine. I even put programs
>before
>and after the variable to be resized, and after resizing, they run
>fine.
>But then delete the variable, and the calc hangs when you try to do
>anything. Weird.
yeah, it freaks out if you mess with the vat...
-josh
>
>--Joshua
>
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