prior parameter's size depends on `Decinput'_(re)

Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:11:36 +0000

Peter Gerwinski wrote:
> 
> Hi, everybody!
> 
> > trunkuti.pas: In function `Dectobin':
> > trunkuti.pas:332: prior parameter's size depends on `Decinput'
> > make.exe: *** [trunkuti.o] Error 1
> 
> I just fixed it.  The problem is that the size of the `DecInput' parameter
> depends on its own actual value (the `Capacity' field of the string).
> Normally, GPC can handle this, but in this case, the second occurrence of
> 
> > function DecToBin( DecInput : string ) : wrkstring;
> 
> affected the size of the string type in the *first* occurrence.  When
> GPC recycled this first occurrence to define the function, throwing away
> the second one, the size of the string went to Nirvana.

I imagine this would cause aborts under the right circumstances (eg the
ReadStr instruction (in the real code)).

Could you please post the patch, as I need the fix, err, last Friday ;).

BTW, thank you for the quick fix.

Bill
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Bill Currie (billc@blackmagic.tait.co.nz)