FB 0.12 problem with file input...

[subxero]

Forgive me if I'm making a fool of myself by asking a question already proposed elsewhere, but I've found that, in FB 0.12, the LINE INPUT statement stops the compiler, with the error: "foo.bas(06) : error 10: Expected '=', found: 'input'"

Here's the (small portion of) code:

Code:

do while not eof(fh)
   line input #fh, curline
   curline = trim$(curline)

I'm puzzled.

[DrV]

I just compiled this with 0.12b without any errors:

Code:

dim fh as integer, curline as string

fh = freefile

open "blah.txt" for input as #fh

do while not eof(fh)
   line input #fh, curline
   curline = trim$(curline)
loop

Close #fh

Perhaps you could post some more code (the definition of curline, for example).

[v3cz0r]

Using Allegro? LINE was removed from the keywords list (using OPTION NOKEYWORD at the top of allegro.bi), as Allegro uses ordinary names like that..

[subxero]

Hey, thanks, I never thought of that. But, isn't that a bit pointless when Allegro's line command was ported as draw_line, and wasn't changed, even though nokeyword ..., line, ... was used?

Might want to play with that a bit. :-)

[Dr_Davenstein]

Since you're speaking of line input...

Open the file in binary mode for a major speed boost in read time.

Hopefully this is a feature, and not a bug because it works great!

[DrV]

... But, isn't that a bit pointless when Allegro's line command was ported as draw_line, and wasn't changed, even though nokeyword ..., line, ... was used?

It's been changed to 'line' for the next release.

[subxero]

Then is FB 0.13 capable of processing "line input" without seeing a single token ("line")? If not, then your use of this will stop LINE INPUT from functioning, as it did for me.