Re: Problems with 64-bit numbers

[Sander van der Wal <svdwal@xs4all.nl>]

[knip]  
> > If you want hex IO in the OOC lib, you'll have to tell Sander about
> > it.  We had a short discussion on this topic when Sander added hex IO
> > for _all_ types and shortly afterwards dropped _all_ of them.
> 
> Ok, I'll mention it to Sander. Sander, are you listening?  Please give
> us the ability to output (as a minimum) hexadecimal numbers.
[knip]
> Michael G.
 
No problem. What do you and the rest prefer? A WriteHex... method
for all the basic types, a subset with the more useful ones or a 
very basic capability like
  
    PROCEDURE (w: TextWriter) WriteHexBytes(val: ARRAY OF SYSTEM.BYTE);

I don't mind writing all of them (the module TextRiders, in which a 
TextWriter is defined is completely portable across all systems, so
will have to be written only once).

Another possiblity which Michael v Acken and I discussed was to define
a separate module HexRiders as a subclass of TextRiders. Anyone that
likes this idea.

-- 
Sander        

We get to pick tools and equipment that suit the job.  We spend nearly all our 
time programming ART's computer's. (~P.J.Plauger: Programming on Purpose III)