adesutherland
problem with boolean
options level
v=' 1 '
If v Then say 'this should NOT be ok'
String ' 1 ' (1 with spaces around it) should not evaluate to True. Testcase by Walter Pachl.
UPD: changed to 'discussion' as ooRexx does what VM Rexx does - but CRX ('the standard'), Regina and NetRexx conform to CREXX.
Mmm ... I am not certain why ' 1 ' would not be converted to 1 and therefore to true ...
When you do a trace results with vm rexx or oorexx does it give a hint to the logic?
what does
say ' 1 ' + 2
do?
I am wondering if it is a question of if the implicit comparison between ' 1 ' and '1' is strict or not-strict? The ansi standard seems silent on this - the only thing I have on page 83 is
The expression is evaluated. If the value is neither '0' nor '1' error 34.1 occurs.
Which kind of says that it is not-strict it should be true, and if it is strict it should be error 34.1??