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SYSTEM.VAL(INTEGER, NIL(*X*)) does not compile and produces error 111 at (*X*). Not that it is of any practical value, but the reported error seems to be violating the requirements of the Language Report. The fix would be to change the following line in DevCPB.StPar1, in the CASE section for valfn: ...

Just actualized the repo. You can now compile Herschel in bare BB 1.8 in Linux. Try out the front-end (full language) of code gen (limited language), with shipped tests or your own. Running generated code requires A2 tester - not public yet, but coming soon.

When range-checking is enabled, the following should produce a run-time trap 'index out of range' at (*X*) and (*XX*), but it doesn't; instead, it produces a TRAP 0, displaying that i = 65536, r = 65536.0, c = 0X, d = 0X at (*XXX*). MODULE M; PROCEDURE P*; VAR c, d: CHAR; i: INTEGER; BEGIN i := 6553...

I like luowy's suggested fix better than my own, although they achieve the same result.

What about Zorko's post? He pointed out a situation when MAX/MIN is applied to two constants, which is fully evaluated at compile time, and that's done in a different procedure.

Helmut, will all due respect, this is not how I read the Language report capitel 10.3. Also, for MAX(a, b) to be defined, '<' (less) has to be defined for a and b also (precisely speaking, '<' has to be defined for pairs a, b and b, a ), because IF a <= b THEN MAX(a, b) = a ELSE MAX(a, b) = b Can yo...

Great finding, Ivan! Looks like a small omission in DevCPB.StFct, I think it can be fixed as follows: ELSIF (fctno = minfn) OR (fctno = maxfn) THEN IF (parno < 1) OR (parno = 1) & (p.hint # 1) THEN err(65) (* add this branch *) ELSIF (p.hint = 1) & (parno > 1) THEN err(64) END; p.hint is fil...

Helmut, I do confirm that the timestamps won't change on remote (non-local) filesystems. I just ran into the same limitation today. I have posted a question at stackoverflow, we'll see what comes in. And, Hz was not intended to work on Wine/Windows. The module HzHostLin is for Linux as the host syst...

I'm pretty sure both DevCPL and DevCPC are in the backend.

For a permanent correction, why not amend CheckForm? It would be the most 'straight' logic: CheckForm checks that the format of data is correct. It is correct to convert a Pointer to a Real64, and that't what CheckForm should return. Amending other procedures looks as a workaround to me. PROCEDURE C...

Helmut, I've sent you what i think you requested. As far as BB version - yes, blackbox.oberon.org/download is the right page, I work with 1.8 alpha. Althought I am on the team developing this version, I think Ivan Denisov is a better person to answer any download/installation questions - he's pretty...