compiler regression<\/a> Whether this _should_ have been caught by regression tests etc is an entirely different question. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIt exists. And now his large project doesn’t compile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The code this affects is old and has worked for many years.
And he’d rather NOT have to alter all of it to fix the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the code in question is in a subclass he was not looking forward to making significant changes to it and having to retest all his changes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can he fix this compiler issue and NOT have to touch all the code that suddenly doesnt compile ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are several options<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course he could “fix” the code in the class directly – not something he relished<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another option is to just NOT use a new version of Xojo that breaks things this way – not a great option if he wants to support Ventura & newer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is at least 1 more that is fairly simple, testable, and does fix this without actually modifying the code in the original class \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ll let you noodle on that until tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The other day I was helping a friend with some code that worked fine in several versions of Xojo but then in a newer one wouldn’t compile Seems he found a compiler regression Whether this _should_ have been caught by regression tests etc is an entirely different question. It exists. And now his large project … <\/p>\n
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