INKEY$ doesn't work with fixed length strings

[justsomeguy]

As an addendum to my prior post. https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2889

If I attempt to use INKEY$ with a fixed length string I get no values.

Here is an example:

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TYPE tt

' Use 2 bytes to capture 2 byte combinations

'k AS STRING ' Works

k AS STRING * 2 ' Does Not work

END TYPE



DIM AS tt t



DO

t.k = INKEY$

LOCATE 1, , 1

PRINT "k:"; t.k

LOOP

It doesn't appear to matter how many bytes I allocate, It does not work.

I know there are many workarounds, like using _KEYHIT, or not using fixed length strings.

Again, I'm on Linux using QB64pe v3.13