'Enchancement' to built-in Method 'Datatype'?

[George Hovey-2]

My understanding is that the Option argument of Datatype is fully determined by the first character of Option.  I like to type more than the first character in order to head off misunderstandings.  The first letter is also the first letter of a meaningful description (e.g. 'D' for Digits) in all cases except Hexadecimal which requires an 'X'.

Would it be appropriate to add 'H' as an alternative to 'X' so one could code 'Hex' or 'Hexadecimal?'  Of course, something like 'X (hex)' could be used, but that seems contrived.

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[Kermit Kiser]

+1 Sounds good offhand.
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George Hovey <[hidden email]> wrote:

My understanding is that the Option argument of Datatype is fully determined by the first character of Option.  I like to type more than the first character in order to head off misunderstandings.  The first letter is also the first letter of a meaningful description (e.g. 'D' for Digits) in all cases except Hexadecimal which requires an 'X'.

Would it be appropriate to add 'H' as an alternative to 'X' so one could code 'Hex' or 'Hexadecimal?'  Of course, something like 'X (hex)' could be used, but that seems contrived.

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[Mike Cowlishaw]

Would it be appropriate to add 'H' as an alternative to 'X' so one could code 'Hex' or 'Hexadecimal?'  Of course, something like 'X (hex)' could be used, but that seems contrived.
 

I was probably going for consistency with Rexx in this case.  But making this change implies a number of other changes, too, such as allowing  0h00 constants, \h00 escapes in strings, and adding 6 new methods to the Rexx class (h2b, etc.).

 

Mike 

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[George Hovey-2]

Wasn't aware of these ramifications -- I thought there was no effect beyond this additional behavior for DataType.  I'll get by with the status quo :).

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Mike Cowlishaw <[hidden email]> wrote:

Would it be appropriate to add 'H' as an alternative to 'X' so one could code 'Hex' or 'Hexadecimal?'  Of course, something like 'X (hex)' could be used, but that seems contrived.
 

I was probably going for consistency with Rexx in this case.  But making this change implies a number of other changes, too, such as allowing  0h00 constants, \h00 escapes in strings, and adding 6 new methods to the Rexx class (h2b, etc.).

 

Mike 

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[billfen]

Good luck remembering to spelling it Xadecimal :)

On 9/2/2012 8:38 AM, George Hovey wrote:

Wasn't aware of these ramifications -- I thought there was no effect beyond this additional behavior for DataType.  I'll get by with the status quo :).

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Mike Cowlishaw <[hidden email]> wrote:

Would it be appropriate to add 'H' as an alternative to 'X' so one could code 'Hex' or 'Hexadecimal?'  Of course, something like 'X (hex)' could be used, but that seems contrived.
 

I was probably going for consistency with Rexx in this case.  But making this change implies a number of other changes, too, such as allowing  0h00 constants, \h00 escapes in strings, and adding 6 new methods to the Rexx class (h2b, etc.).

 

Mike 

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[George Hovey-2]

Bill,
Now that you've brought it up, I think i WILL remember 'Xadecimal'.  Problem solved. Thanks!

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Bill Fenlason <[hidden email]> wrote:

Good luck remembering to spelling it Xadecimal :)

On 9/2/2012 8:38 AM, George Hovey wrote:

Wasn't aware of these ramifications -- I thought there was no effect beyond this additional behavior for DataType.  I'll get by with the status quo :).

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Mike Cowlishaw <[hidden email]> wrote:

Would it be appropriate to add 'H' as an alternative to 'X' so one could code 'Hex' or 'Hexadecimal?'  Of course, something like 'X (hex)' could be used, but that seems contrived.
 

I was probably going for consistency with Rexx in this case.  But making this change implies a number of other changes, too, such as allowing  0h00 constants, \h00 escapes in strings, and adding 6 new methods to the Rexx class (h2b, etc.).

 

Mike 

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[ThSITC]

***WOULD*** be also *very nice* to support 'datatype()' as in classic Rexx/ooRexx/ANSI Rexx!

Let us, please, get all those Dialects of the *Family of Rexx Languages* 

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* more compatible
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thomas.
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Am 02.09.2012 09:04, schrieb Mike Cowlishaw:

Would it be appropriate to add 'H' as an alternative to 'X' so one could code 'Hex' or 'Hexadecimal?'  Of course, something like 'X (hex)' could be used, but that seems contrived.
 

I was probably going for consistency with Rexx in this case.  But making this change implies a number of other changes, too, such as allowing  0h00 constants, \h00 escapes in strings, and adding 6 new methods to the Rexx class (h2b, etc.).

 

Mike 

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