BINTOASCII issue with @bptr type variables

[kranenborg]

Hello,

In my editor I am running into an issue that I have not met before.

The following code line

BINTOASCII b1, @bptrinc, @bptrinc, @bptr

is rejected by my editor (version 6.0.9.3) but I have used it successfully in a program in 2011, very likely using an older editor version.
The syntax error message reads: "Error: @bptrinc cannot be used as for variable!"
Is this an unintended erroneous behavior by my editor version, maybe?

Thanks!
/Jurjen
http://www.kranenborg.org/electronics

 

[kranenborg]

I already found the answer, the use of pointer variables has been restricted recently, see : https://picaxeforum.co.uk/threads/bptrinc-cannot-be-used-as-for-variable.30195/
Small code change needed.
Regards,
Jurjen

 

[PhilHornby]

See also: https://picaxeforum.co.uk/threads/bintoascii-implementation-change.30159/ for some interesting workarounds...

 

[kranenborg]

Thanks a lot Phil, that thread provides excellent (i.e. compact & powerful) workarounds!
/Jurjen