[Gambas-user] Feature request: Make 'Pointer' a true integer type

[Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro]

Em Thu, 08 May 2014 14:25:33 +0200
Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...> escreveu:

> Pointer are already automatically converted to integers or longs.
> What do you need to do exactly?

This problem arose when I tried to use some bit manipulation functions
over pointers and get caught by an error.  The very simple code below
show what I mean:

  Dim pPointer As Pointer = BSet(pPointer, 2)

The evaluation of the previous line raises an error which says:

  "Type mismatch: wanted Number, got Pointer instead"

However I can obtain the desired behavior by rewriting it as:

  Dim pPointer As Pointer = BSet(CLong(pPointer), 2)

My request is to make the interpreter operate directly over pointers
within numeric functions or to convert Pointers to Longs transparently
whenever needed.  Considering the error message, I think the
interpreter should consider the type 'Pointer' a "Number type" also.


Thank you for your dedication.


Ps: I'm using Gambas 3.5.2.

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