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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Updated Diffs for vt100 version
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Date: Sat, 25-Oct-86 18:46:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 25 18:46:00 1986
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mwm@eris.berkeley.edu says:
> Would someone please explain this to me?
> 
> In article <2009@videovax.UUCP> stever@videovax.UUCP (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) writes:
> >Lattice C is unable to cope with the construct [n+1].
> 
> >***************
> >*** 354,360
> >!    FileItem[n].NextItem = &FileItem[n+1];
> >--- 354,361 -----
> >!    nplus1 = n+1;
> >!    FileItem[n].NextItem = &FileItem[nplus1];
> 
> This looks like utter bilge to me. I'm currently running v2.2 WITHOUT
> this patch (though it has the patches posted by DBW), and the menus
> look exactly like the code makes me expect them to. Ditto for all the
> things I've written that use this technic for setting up menus, etc.
> 
> I'm using 3.03. If 3.04 Beta has this problem, then I pray that 1) it
> gets fixed before the release, and 2) DBW won't pick up that
> particular piece of uglyness just so the Beta software will work.

    this refers to a bug in lattice 3.02.  an alternative solution,
one i prefer, is to substitute "&FileItem[n] + 1" for "&FileItem[n+1]".

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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