#34 $MemFree in Text File (using $File) not replaced

[Uwe Freese]

I use a simple Screen like this:

$File("C:\screen.txt",1)
$File("C:\screen.txt",2)
$File("C:\screen.txt",3)
$File("C:\screen.txt",4)

And replace the content of screen.txt with another
program of mine. screen.txt contains e.g.

$Right($MemFree MB RAM,$10%)$Right(Up $UpTime,$20%
) $Time(hh:nn)
...

With 5.2, all Variables were replaced recursively, but
when using 5.3, $MemFree is not working, that means:
The display shows "$MemFree" instead of the number.
When I directly use the line in lcd smartie, it works.

So there seems to be a bug in recoursively replace the
variables.

[Chris Lansley]

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"With 5.2, all Variables were replaced recursively"

That's not true - it replaced variables in a specific order
and not recursively. In 5.2 File was processed before
$MemFree. In 5.3 $MemFree is processed before $File.

[In 5.3, $dll() is processed recursively - it's parameters
and result are completely processed - so a work around would
be to implement a simple plugin to read a file].

But - still, I think the result from $File should be
processed, and so this is a bug.