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    Thumbs up Help_File, Dictionary-Equates documented wrongly

    Help documents
    ThinBASIC-Modules> Dictionary> Dictionary-Equates
    and also
    ThinBASIC-Modules> Dictionary> cDictionary-Class> Dictionary-Equates

    wrong:

    %HT_MemInfo_Total
    %HT_MemInfo_Keys
    %HT_MemInfo_Data

    probably should be

    %DICTIONARY_MEMINFO_TOTAL
    %DICTIONARY_MEMINFO_KEYS
    %DICTIONARY_MEMINFO_DATA


    ________________________________________________________

    also to dictionary-module,
    >Dictionary_Exists
    Current Remark is wrong, it says:

    "To retrieve length of stored data use StrPtrLen function passing pointer returned by Dictionary_Exists"

    This is wrong because the function returns the position where to read out the StrPtr, but it's not the StrPtr itself!
    Using this the way it's described in help leads to crash.
    It should say:

    To retrieve length of stored data use StrPtrLen function passing a DWord At pointer returned by Dictionary_Exists.

    It's the programmers responsibility to make sure by Dictionary_Exists returned pointer is valid before accessing memory. (not zero)

    Example:
    Dim pData As DWord At Dictionary_Exists(pDictionary, KeyName)
    
    If GetAt(pData) <> 0 Then
      SizeOfData = StrPtrLen(pData)
    EndIf
    
    Last edited by ReneMiner; 05-05-2015 at 09:00.
    I think there are missing some Forum-sections as beta-testing and support

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