Re: A86: Parameters (was A86: Personal Intro & Questions (fwd))

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Subject: Re: A86: Parameters (was A86: Personal Intro & Questions (fwd))
From: Dux Gregis <assets@eden.rutgers.edu>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 22:05:53 -0400
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Yeah, that's right.  I have some source on my web page that's so
commented it's almost a tutorial.

Matt2000 wrote:
> 
> Can someone write a tutorial on this parsing stuff? asap is some sort of
> user token, does that mean you can create your own like TI-OS command? Like
> beep( could create a beep? Is that way this parameters are mentioned? Like a
> beep(10, 100) could make a ten second beep with a 1000 hz frequency. What's
> going on here! :-) Sounds cool. Why would TI creates all these conveniences
> for programmers yet not document them. Pat seems to document the TI-83
> fairly nicely, does the TI-83 make more money then the 86 or has pat gotten
> tired of writing up documentation?
> 
> Oh, and what is this EOS stuff? I am struggling to keep up with the mailing
> list...
> 
> Later,
>     Matt
> 
> >Great!  Nice job.  :-)
> >So we can just use pop and rst 10h then, eh?
> >
> >Stephen Hicks wrote:
> >>
> >> Ok...  I made a quick test program (actually, i modified a test of
> asapasm by typing in the
> >> hex in the emu after the code started running) and i found out the
> following:
> >>
> >> When a parameters are passed, the parser starts with the first parameter.
> It checks if it is
> >> a real (either variable or literal).  If it's a real number, then it
> pushes the real number
> >> onto the FPS.  If it's not, it checks if it's a variable or a literal.
> If it is a variable,
> >> it pushes the variable info (VAT entry) onto the FPS.  Otherwise, if it
> is a literal, it
> >> creates a temporary $xx variable (which is deleted after the code is
> executed) and pushes the
> >> new $xx variable's VAT entry onto the stack.  This is done for all but
> the last parameter,
> >> which is just loaded into OP1, but not pushed.
> >>
> >> Stephen Hicks wrote:
> >>
> >> > pushed; if it is a non-real type, the variable name is pushed.  I am
> going to test this
> >> > today.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Stephen Hicks
> >> mailto:shicks@mindspring.com
> >> ICQ:5453914
> >> IRC/AIM:Kupopo
> >> Hopemage:http://www.mindspring.com/~shicks/

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