Re: TI-H: Re: TIB: bug 92

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Re: TI-H: Re: TIB: bug 92


Actually...you can't have identical names in the same directory, however in
diff dirs, you can have identical files. You can however have to files in
the same dir that look identical in a My Computer window, because Windows
doesn't show extentions on files unless you tell it to. Therefore,
    Doh.xyz and Doh.zyx could be in the same dir and look identical from the
users perspective.
Just a little note for all those who didn't know.

-- Jon Olson

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Piotter <richfile@prairie.lakes.com>
To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org <ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org>;
ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Friday, April 03, 1998 11:18 PM
Subject: TI-H: Re: TIB: bug 92


>
>> > If you type "item" as the name it will do the same.  I have ver 1.3
>> >
>> > <<
>> >  > Ti-92 bug:  Try creating a new program.  Type "title" as the name.
Hit
>> >  > enter, it thinks the progname is a command.
>
>Yeah, of course it'll do that!
>
>Every calc that uses a file name for variable will NOT allow you use
commands
>or functions as the name of any variable. This is because the calc can't
>differentiate a command or a file name if they are identical. To keep the
calc
>from locking up, TI made a routine that essentialy traps you by givving an
>error message, so the mistake is not made. If you could, your calc would
lock
>if you typed the command!!!
>
>Try it on any calc! Believe me! The same ought to be true with any
programing
>language such as C or BASIC or Pascal or anything Variable names can't be
the
>same as a command name! A Mac, and a few other computers will allow a file
>name to be identical to command names because they don't have a built in
text
>based commands, however I doubt you can name a file identicaly to a system
>file on a PC.
>
>It's just a limitation of most programable devices.
>
>It's actualy not a bug! It is to actualy protect you from a REAL crash, by
>warning you you can't do that.
>
>Richard Piotter
>richfile@prairie.lakes.com
>
>The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
>