Picomite(VGA) V5.07.07 betas - bug fixes + focus on PIO

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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4378	Posted: 02:34pm 13 Jan 2023         matherp said   The Picomite behaves the same as the CMM2. Sets the error message if a directory but does not throw an error MMB4W is slightly different so should probably change but will still return -2 for a directory. It only errors id the filespace ends in / or \ OK, I had not noticed this. Can I officially go on the record as saying that setting MM.ERRMSG$ outside of throwing an ERROR completely breaks "The Principle of Least Surprise" ?     If I can be so bold, "least suprise" suggests that: - If MM.ERRMSG$ <> "" then an error has been thrown ... and the CMM2 should not be setting it to "Success" which it sometimes does. - If MM.ERRNO <> 0 then an error has been thrown ... I think this is always the case. - At all times either (MM.ERRMSG$ <> "" AND MM.ERRNO <> 0) OR (MM.ERRMSG$ = "" AND MM.ERRNO = 0) Best wishes, Tom Edited 2023-01-14 00:39 by thwill