7.0 Issues

[Peter Haworth]

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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