Re: [Flashforth-devel] FF5.0 Base hidden

[Peter J. <pe...@me...>]

Not hiding BASE is my preference also. Some of the robustness might be 
regained by filtering out bad values and defaulting to one of the known 
good values (hex seems to be a favoured option).
Peter J.


On 03/03/14 18:14, Kit Latham wrote:
> Hello
>
> My 2 pence worth, I would also prefer BASE to be available - most of my stuff is permanent HEX.
>
> Cheers
>
> Kit
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herman Attila [mailto:exp...@vn...]
> Sent: 03 March 2014 07:30
> To: fla...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Flashforth-devel] FF5.0 Base hidden
>
> I am not happy with hidden base, too. Sometimes I save the current base and restore it after using another one in a word, if I want to change it temorarily only. How can I do it, if base is hidden? I think the robustness is not enough reason to make it hidden.
> Otherwise in my opinion it is not rationale to see the decimal as a normal base. It is absolutely application depended.
>
> Attila
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