Re: tofloat()...

• Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 14:31:19 PDT
• From:
  ThwartedEfforts <abakun@scinc.com>
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At 03:19 PM 7/31/96 -0600, Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com>
wrote:
>> It's always been like this.  Confusing to newbies, not really needed,
>> but it takes off a few millionths of a second to parse. 
>
>It should be handled in the compiler, not the parser.

The code parser, yes (which is part of the 'compiler').  The command parser, no.

I guess part of the question is is '+<number>' a literal?  '-<number>' is.
Or is it an expression that needs to be evaluated?  If it's an expression,
then the code parser should produce compiled bytecodes which will evalulate
it.  If it's a literal, then the code parser should generate code to push
the literal.

Andy.

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