7.0 Issues

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Thu Feb 19 19:09:49 EST 2015 

Sorry, final word on this subject.

I loaded the stack, set the stackfileversion to 7.0 and saved the stack.
Quit LC 7 and run again.  Try to open the stack - spinning beachball of
death, have to force quit.

Done have any more time to waste on this so back to good old reliable 6.6.

On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 3:59:18 PM Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> OK, well this is getting really frustrating.
>
> I changed my code to check the version and issue the 7 version of
> arrayencode with the extra parm with a "do" command.
>
> I made a copy of the stack for use in LC7 and opened it in LC7.  Now I get
> an error on the arrayencode because the stackfile version is 5.5 so it
> won't execute the command even though it's a perfectly valid in 7.0.
>
> I'd really like to use 7.0 for this project but I have to keep the pre 7
> code base available for bug fixes. All this because the 7.0 version of
> arrayencode was implemented without a thought for backward compatibility.
> All that was needed was a preference setting for the default encoding to be
> used for arrayencode in 7.0.
>
> I've wasted the best part of the day trying to make this work and the
> arrays in question don't even contain any unicode characters!  What really
> scares me is how many other gotchas I'll find if I go any further with this
> project.  I will have the think carefully if it's worth the effort and
> hassle to try converting existing stacks over to 7 or just use it for brand
> new projects.
>
> On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 2:50:09 PM Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Eric.  I guess I'll have to go the "do" route.  Your bug report is
>> 13406, I just added a comment to it.
>>
>> On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 2:22:53 PM Eric Corbett <eric at canelasoftware.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> I forgot about that fact. I just checked some code in a library we use
>>> and indeed the arrayEncode for version 7 is wrapped in a do statement.
>>>
>>> I agree about the behavior. Mark W. made some comments to a bug report I
>>> submitted explaining the current functionality but I can not find it.
>>>
>>> eric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 19, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Ho Eric,
>>> > Spoke too soon.  Your code wont compile in versions prior to 7 because
>>> of
>>> > the extra parameter.  I guess I could compile it in 7 but that would
>>> mean I
>>> > would have to compile that script in 7 every time I wanted to make a
>>> change
>>> > and there's a lot of handlers in it so high probability of changes.  I
>>> > suppose I could use a do statement (yuk).
>>> >
>>> > The more I think about this, the more it's a pretty bad backward
>>> > compatibility problem.  I'm wondering if the dictionary entry is in
>>> fact
>>> > the way it was supposed to be implemented, meaning if the new parm
>>> isn't
>>> > present the old encoding is used.
>>> >
>>> > You only care about the new encoding if you're storing unicode data in
>>> an
>>> > array and doesn't seem like any more of an imposition to use the new
>>> > parameter than having to use textEncode/Decode for other unicode
>>> operations.
>>> >
>>> > On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 1:03:05 PM Eric Corbett <eric at canelasoftware.com
>>> >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I think what you will have to do is this:
>>> >>
>>> >> Check the LC version;
>>> >> if it’s >= 7 then
>>> >> arrayEncode(tData,6) — force the engine to use the old arrayEncoding
>>> >> else
>>> >> arrayEncode(tData) — older versions can not have the extra parameter
>>> >> end if
>>> >>
>>> >> LiveCode 7 will be smart enough to decode the array either way.
>>> >>
>>> >> Eric
>>> >>
>>> >> On Feb 19, 2015, at 12:49 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Thanks Eric, yes that does indeed help.  However, I'm still confused.
>>> >> The
>>> >>> dictionary indicates that if the new parameter, version, is not
>>> present
>>> >>> then arrays are encoded the old way.  None of my calls include the
>>> new
>>> >>> parameter so not sure how they ended up being inaccessible in pre7
>>> >> versions.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I guess the gist of my post was what else have I failed to account
>>> for?
>>> >> Is
>>> >>> there a document somewhere that details what code structures may need
>>> >>> attention when moving back and forth between LC7 and prior
>>> versions?  I'm
>>> >>> guessing that anything addressing char chunks or offset would need
>>> to be
>>> >>> changed.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu Feb 19 2015 at 12:31:24 PM Eric Corbett <
>>> eric at canelasoftware.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Not sure if this helps, but LiveCode 7 uses a different
>>> arrayEncoding
>>> >> than
>>> >>>> previous version due to Unicode. Check the dictionary on how to use
>>> >>>> arrayEncode in 7 to be able to decode in an earlier version.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Eric
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Feb 19, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> I've been careful to create separate versions of my stack files and
>>> >>>>> Livecode Preferences folder for use when running LC 7.  However, it
>>> >> seems
>>> >>>>> there other issues with compatibility.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I save the preferences for my application in a file in the
>>> >>>>> /Library/Application Support folder with the following statement:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> *write* base64Encode(arrayEncode(gSettings)) to file <filepath>"
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> These are then read in at startup with:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> read from file myPath until EOF
>>> >>>>> if it is empty then
>>> >>>>>    put empty into gSettings
>>> >>>>> else
>>> >>>>>    put arrayDecode(base64Decode(it)) into gSettings
>>> >>>>> end if
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Yesterday, I started working on this stack with LC7 and the prefs
>>> file
>>> >>>> was
>>> >>>>> saved by the LC7 version of the stack.
>>> >>>>> Today, I needed to go back to the non LC7 version of the stack.
>>> To my
>>> >>>>> surprise, a runtime error was thrown on the "put arrayDecode..."
>>> >>>> statement
>>> >>>>> above.  The  it variable looked  like it contained base64 encoded
>>> data.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I ran the LC7 version of the stack again and the runtime error did
>>> not
>>> >>>>> occur.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I restored the preferences file from a Time Machine backup that I
>>> know
>>> >>>>> preceded my use of LC7, ran the application again with LC 6.6.2,
>>> and
>>> >> all
>>> >>>>> worked fine.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> So it seems that something in either the array/base64 encode/decode
>>> >>>>> functions changed between v6.6.2 and 7.0.1.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I really want to use LC7 but stuff like this makes me very nervous.
>>> >> How
>>> >>>>> many other inconsistencies like this are lurking out there.
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