[Gambas-user] Some new features in Gambas 3

[Mauricio Baeza]

El sáb, 27-11-2010 a las 15:02 +0100, Benoît Minisini escribió:

> > Hi,
> > 
> > Here is just a few words about recently added features in Gambas 3, for
> > those who didn't see them.
> > 
> > ...
> 
> I forgot:
> 
> 5) Now the interpreter does an automatic conversion between all array classes 
> (except embedded arrays that are not real arrays).
> 
> So now you can write:
> 
> 	Dim MyArray As Byte[] = [ 0, 1, 2 ]
> 
> Whereas you had to write that before:
> 
> 	Dim MyArray As Byte[] = [ CByte(0), CByte(1), CByte(2) ]
> 
> You can do that too:
> 
> 	Dim MyArray As Integer[] = [ "1", Pi,  Now ]
> 
> The conversion is done too when passing arguments to functions.
> 
> At the moment, only native classes can implement a specific conversion 
> routines. 
> 
> It will be now possible to add an automatic conversion from Collection to a 
> Variant[] (for example).
> 
> Maybe in the future I will allow that for Gambas classes, but I am not sure it 
> is a good idea. As conversion is done automatically under the hood, I prefer 
> that feature to be clearly defined and limited.
> 
> Regards,
> 


Hi Benoit ...

Gambas3 looks nice. Integrated support our wiki in my language is
wonderful.

Do you have a date for the final version?, I need the day and time, but
something close would help me.

Thank you very much for this great work.

Best regards


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