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

[Mikael N. <mik...@pp...>]

Alright, I can unhide BASE as a compilation option.

Although in my opinion using anything else than BIN, HEX, DECIMAL as 
base is an amusing curiosity.
And when I demoed it I always got some wise-xxx putting it to zero or one.

BR Mike

On 03/03/2014 10:31 AM, Peter Jacobs wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>