[Info-vax] Python for x86?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-05-10 11:59, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 10/05/2023 04:39, Dave Froble wrote:
> 
>>
>> The defaults in Basic are LONG integers and Single FP.  A number, such 
>> as 1, is treated as a single precision FP, so that makes not being 
>> specific even worse.
>>
>> Note, I really don't like the FP default.  Any program I write 
>> specifies the defaults for both integers and FP.  Something like:
>>
>> OPTION SIZE = ( INTEGER WORD , REAL DOUBLE )
>>
> 
> Our coding standards insisted on
> 
> OPTION TYPE = EXPLICIT

That actually don't solve the problem observed here.
That only makes the compiler give errors if you don't explicitly declare 
variables. However constants are still being of the default type defined.

   Johnny