Would anyone miss convertOctals?

[Martin Koob]

Hi Mark

> On Jun 9, 2022, at 8:44 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> So I'm currently sitting here about to embark on fixing <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23653 <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23653>> (which is the final thing to sort out before being able to merge my constant expression patch) and I was reminded of 'convertOctals'.
> 
> Now, generally, I am somewhat averse to actually removing any language feature (even those we have deprecated, unless we absolutely have to!) - however, I would really like to make convertOctals have no effect at all in 10.0+ as it adds a disproportionate amount of complexity compared to (what I think, at least) its utility is (particularly in the context of things 'coming next' like the script compiler).
> 
> So three questions:
> 
> 1) Do you know what convertOctals is, and what it does?
Without cheating and checking out the dictionary I have a general idea — my guess is… OH if I give my guess and it is right (or wrong) then it ruins your poll for everyone after ;-)
You should run this as a web poll of some kind with no peeking at the dictionary allowed. :-)
> 
> 2) If you do, have you ever actually used it in any scripts which are actually still in use?
No
> 
> 3) If you do use it in any scripts which are still in use, would you be willing to change them to not use it?
No
> 
> 4) If you do use/have used it, had you ever noticed that it has been slightly broken for years?
No


If convertOctals does go away maybe we can add an ode to the LiveCode poetry collection.   I remember there were some haiku’s made several years ago.

Martin