What i want for xmas is QB64-PE v3.15

[doppler]

Well I got cookies for Santa.  Unfortunately they are browser cookies.  I did set the time-to-live to infinite, they won't go stale.

[RhoSigma]

Sorry for all you loyal QB64-PE fellows, but there will never be a v3.15.0, not now, not for X-mas and not after that.

BUT,

If everything happens as planed, you'll get a brand new v4.0.0 this weekend, yeah    

So make sure to stick around here and be the first who grabs it.

Want a sneak preview? - Haha, sure you want
Here is a list with all changed or added keywords.
https://qb64phoenix.com/qb64wiki/index.p...rch=v4.0.0

[SMcNeill]

Also note that once the new release is out and all, Santa Steve will also be doing the updated offline wiki and forums for everyone to enjoy. 

[NakedApe]

Awesome news from our killer dev team! Thank you in advance.

[bplus]

OK now what I want for Christmas (or sooner) is some demo's of these new or fixed changes.

Perhaps in Word Of The Day, these demo's might be included.

[SpriggsySpriggs]

• The presets shall just serve the ability, for library makers, to easily check what features are active in a program, they shall otherwise not be misused to enforce certain features, e.g.
  
• don't check for _CONSOLE_ and force one to open, if none is there,
  
• don't check for _EXPLICIT_ and force it, if it's not in effect, etc
  

Huh? Just for that, I'm going to force everyone to use _OPTION _EXPLICIT AND _CONSOLE.

[SpriggsySpriggs]

OK now what I want for Christmas (or sooner) is some demo's of these new or fixed changes.

Perhaps in Word Of The Day, these demo's might be included.

I, too, would like some demos once this is released. Some of this new stuff seems strange. I'm curious if _CAST works with taking an _OFFSET and turning it into a number. I always had to do myLong = VAL(STR$(myOffset)) in order to convert an _OFFSET to anything else.

[RhoSigma]

OK now what I want for Christmas (or sooner) is some demo's of these new or fixed changes.

Perhaps in Word Of The Day, these demo's might be included.

I, too, would like some demos once this is released. Some of this new stuff seems strange. I'm curious if _CAST works with taking an _OFFSET and turning it into a number. I always had to do myLong = VAL(STR$(myOffset)) in order to convert an _OFFSET to anything else.

Casting _OFFSET is the main reason for that, but I think @a740g has also lifted the restrictions on _OFFSET in general where it makes sense to work with it like a number.

[SpriggsySpriggs]

OK now what I want for Christmas (or sooner) is some demo's of these new or fixed changes.

Perhaps in Word Of The Day, these demo's might be included.

I, too, would like some demos once this is released. Some of this new stuff seems strange. I'm curious if _CAST works with taking an _OFFSET and turning it into a number. I always had to do myLong = VAL(STR$(myOffset)) in order to convert an _OFFSET to anything else.

Casting _OFFSET is the main reason for that, but I think @a740g has also lifted the restrictions on _OFFSET in general where it makes sense to work with it like a number.

Nice. That was always an annoying thing. Glad to hear it has been taken care of.

[Pete]

What is _cast good for, broken code? 

Oh maybe it can be used to program a phishing scheme. A good _cast would help with that.

Okay, okay, fine. Sorry to be the one to _cast dispersions, but like the old saying goes, 

"If you _cast your bread upon the water, you feed a fish for a week."

Pete  

- Damn right too much eggnog!