On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:03 AM Duke Normandin <dukeofp...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:26:34 +1100
> Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 9:19 AM Duke Normandin
> > <dukeofp...@gmx.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Pike v8.0 release 702 running Hilfe v3.5 (Incremental Pike
> > > Frontend)
> > >
> > > > array(string) flat = ({"this", "that", "the", "other"});
> > > > flat[1];(4) Result: "that"
> > >
> > > > flat[1]=3;
> > > (5) Result: 3
> > >
> > > > flat[1];
> > > (6) Result: 3
> > >
> > > I was under the impression that array(string) would exclude any
> > > other data types but strings.
> > >
> > > What's going on?
> >
> > It doesn't work in Hilfe, but "#pragma strict_types" will flag a
> > script as wanting more stringent type checking, and will flag
> > assignments like that.
>
> Do you mean that the #pragma can be used in Hilfe as well as
> scripts? Or just in scripts?Pragmas don't directly work in Hilfe, but you can use this directive to enable strict_types: > set warnings strict Unfortunately, the version of Pike I'm using (a trunk build of 8.1.14) has a lot of spurious warnings from strict_types, so I tend not to use it. But if it works for you, then go for it. ChrisA
