Re: TIB: bug 92
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Re: TIB: bug 92
On a PC if you have a command a program name it just ignores it...
C:\copy con dir.bat
dir
dir
dir
ECHO Hello
^Z
typing:
dir
gives you a directory, and typing dir.bat gives you:
*.bat
a list with files that end with .bat...
Get MacDOS and try it...I think you can copycon things...
>> > If you type "item" as the name it will do the same. I have ver 1.3
>> >
>> > <<
>> > > Ti-92 bug: Try creating a new program. Type "title" as the name. Hit
>> > > enter, it thinks the progname is a command.
>
>Yeah, of course it'll do that!
>
>Every calc that uses a file name for variable will NOT allow you use commands
>or functions as the name of any variable. This is because the calc can't
>differentiate a command or a file name if they are identical. To keep the calc
>from locking up, TI made a routine that essentialy traps you by givving an
>error message, so the mistake is not made. If you could, your calc would lock
>if you typed the command!!!
>
>Try it on any calc! Believe me! The same ought to be true with any programing
>language such as C or BASIC or Pascal or anything Variable names can't be the
>same as a command name! A Mac, and a few other computers will allow a file
>name to be identical to command names because they don't have a built in text
>based commands, however I doubt you can name a file identicaly to a system
>file on a PC.
>
>It's just a limitation of most programable devices.
>
>It's actualy not a bug! It is to actualy protect you from a REAL crash, by
>warning you you can't do that.
>
>Richard Piotter
>richfile@prairie.lakes.com
>
>The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
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