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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MSDOS Kermit 3.15 bug
Message-ID: <AqwPeBw7QjfI@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 98 21:35:04 MDT
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In article <68rfaa$dro$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> In article <68p2nn$kpb$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>,
> Ross Irvine <rwi@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
> : Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
> : : The problem with SWITCH destroying macro arguments will be fixed too. In
> : : the meantime, work around it by copying the macro argument to another
> : : variable upon entry to the macro.
> :
> : This doesn't seem to work.
> :
> : After the switch statement both the passed varible \%1 and the one I copied
> : it to (\%g in my case) are both empty.
> :
> : Seeing how this is the case, when you do :
> : define \%g %\1
> :
> Sorry, I should have been more explicit:
>
> define \%g %\1
>
> (use ASSIGN, which copies the value, not DEFINE, which copies the text).
>
> - Frank
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Yes, yes, the bug is known and fixed in MSK 3.16 development. Please
be patient a little longer.
Thanks,
Joe D.