Not sure what this thread was...

[Robert Sneidar]

>>> Seriously though, this should be corrected. I am reminded that in
>>> Foxpro a plus "+" can add two numbers AND concatenate 2 strings.
>>>
>>
>> Try "if x is a number then..." Disambiguation then becomes a simple
>> matter of "if both x and y are numbers then add them, otherwise
>> concatenate them".
>>
>
> Perhaps Foxpro has stronger variable typing than xTalk.
>
> "123" and "456" are strings AND numbers in Revolution; so would
> "Foxpro syntax" like
> 	"123" + "456"
> resolve to 579 or "123456"?
> --  
>
> Rob Cozens
> CCW, Serendipity Software Company
>

It would resolve to "123456" because it would evaluate the operands  
first and determine that they were strings. If you tried:

123 + "456" you would get a type mismatch error.

But as I said in another post, I would only be able to evaluate  
variables at runtime. Literals are easy. Variables are only known at  
runtime, in which case I am in Foxpro, not Revolution and so would  
not be running my code converter.

Bob Sneidar
IT Manager
Logos Management
Calvary Chapel CM