Re: [BLACKBOX] BlackBox 1.6 final version?

From: [at]} <Marc>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:15:18 -0700

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> Well, I do realise that you can define your own COMPLEX type. The
> problem is that mathematical operations like +,-,*,/ should then be
> defined as functions. It means any more or less complicated algebraic
> expression becomes unreadable, which is not quite compatible with the
> spirit of "keep it simple" philosophy:-)

Yes, I agree -- I have the same problem with vector and matrix math.

And being able to define operators is not the only obstacle in Component
Pascal -- another obstacle is that functions can only return basic
types, so returning a record type is not allowed (although pointers are
allowed, of course).

Also, on the subject of potential improvements to Blackbox, I have a less
controversial suggestion. I have a program which plots up some data,
and I then copy the plots to Microsoft Powerpoint. The problem is
that the clipboard limits the resolution to screen resolution (~96
dpi). I have discovered that within the Blackbox framework, the
variable "OleData.unit" can be used to increase the clipboard resolution
to whatever I want (e.g, 300 dpi, 600 dpi, 1200 dpi, etc.). The problem is
that the framework doesn't allow the user access to OleData.unit. So I
added a "*" to that variable, recompiled it, and now have that
functionality. It'd be nice however if the framework allowed for me to
have that functionality without me having to modify the framework... :-)

Marc

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