[Gambas-user] Problem with finished Shell Process.State <> Process.Stopped

[Bruce Steers]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 at 02:45, T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2/26/23 19:01, Jussi Lahtinen wrote:
> > There is a bug in your code, this line makes no sense: "If pYtDlp And If
> pYtDlp.Running Then"
> > Process.Running is constant with integer value 1. So, it is logically
> always true.
> >
> > Jussi
>
> You are right, Jussi. I changed that line to:
> If pYtDlp And If pYtDlp.State = Process.Running Then
> and it works as it should.
>
> I'll blame my glasses for that one.
>
> @BruceS, yes, one should be careful with compound conditionals when
> testing objects. That's why I used the short-circuit "And
> If" as opposed to simply "And".
>

i did not realize that using 'And If' actually protects from that so cheers
:)
it often tricks me that.

Almost as much as misplacing the Not in a test
If Not sString Begins "Something" Then
  Print "Damn it!!  'Not' is in the wrong place and has only tested if the
string exists and I will need bug hunt this! :-\"
Endif

:)
Respects
BruceS
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