From 4fd42cbaa8c0eb05d9d9751e50dfd5beccb887c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dmcoles <darren_m_coles@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 16:04:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] document updates small fix to createdelegatemem code to
 prevent possible future issues

---
 E-VO.S             |  4 +++-
 E-VO.guide         |  6 ++---
 Technical_info.txt | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 Updates.txt        |  1 +
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/E-VO.S b/E-VO.S
index 4ab0e09..0fedf11 100644
--- a/E-VO.S
+++ b/E-VO.S
@@ -10093,7 +10093,7 @@ SRCFN: DC.L 0
 			DC.B	'$VER:'
 	TITLE:		DC.B	'E-VO',160,'E',160,'Compiler'
 			DC.B	'/Assembler/Linker/PP',160,'v3.8.0-dev',160
-			DC.B	'(03.06.2024)'
+			DC.B	'(07.06.2024)'
 			DC.B	10,'developing as "EC"',160
 			DC.B	'''1991-97',160,'by Wouter van Oortmerssen',10
 			DC.B	'developing as "GEC"',160
@@ -14837,6 +14837,8 @@ DONE1:	MOVE.L	D1,SUPERSIZE		; STACK NEW OSIZE FROM SUPER
 	MOVE.W	OBJCOUNT(PC),(A4)+	; .ID
 	CLR.L	(A4)+			; .ASCII (PRIVATE)
 	LEA	-12(A4),A5
+	MOVE.W	#-1,(A4)+			; PTR REP
+	CLR.L	(A4)+			; DIMDATA
 	MOVE.L	A5,(A2)
 	LEA	ONEXT(A5),A2
 	CLR.L	(A2)
diff --git a/E-VO.guide b/E-VO.guide
index ffb6ef4..edae0b3 100644
--- a/E-VO.guide
+++ b/E-VO.guide
@@ -7171,8 +7171,9 @@ The currently defined version macro's are
         EVO_3_5_0
         EVO_3_6_0
         EVO_3_7_0
+        EVO_3_8_0
     
-So if this is not defined then you are not compiling under E-VO. Further
+So if EVO_3_4_0 is not defined then you are not compiling under E-VO. Further
 defines will be added for each new revision of the E-VO compiler so you can
 test for a specific minimum version.
 
@@ -8119,8 +8120,7 @@ Programming
 
 - can I create an array of typed pointers, eg ARRAY OF PTR TO LONG
 
-  um... no. you'll have to use an ARRAY OF LONG instead.
-
+  Yes, it was added in E-Vo 3.7.0 and futher improved in 3.8.0
 
 <more of these specific questions are to be added>
 
diff --git a/Technical_info.txt b/Technical_info.txt
index 4987ac5..3cf0114 100644
--- a/Technical_info.txt
+++ b/Technical_info.txt
@@ -844,34 +844,37 @@ OBJECT emodule
 		ENDOBJECT
 
  vartypes
-  1: CHAR
-  2: BYTE
-  3: INT
-  4: WORD
-  5: LONG
-  6: Object
-  //7 undefined
-  8: PTR TO CHAR
-  9: PTR TO BYTE
-  10: PTR TO INT
-  11: PTR TO WORD
-  12: PTR TO LONG
-  13: PTR TO Object
-  14: PTR TO PTR
-  15: ARRAY OF CHAR
-  16: ARRAY OF BYTE
-  17: ARRAY OF INT
-  18: ARRAY OF WORD
-  19: ARRAY OF LONG
-  20: ARRAY OF Object
-  21: ARRAY OF PTR
-  22: ARRAY OF PTR TO CHAR
-  23: ARRAY OF PTR TO BYTE
-  24: ARRAY OF PTR TO INT
-  25: ARRAY OF PTR TO WORD
-  26: ARRAY OF PTR TO LONG
-  27: ARRAY OF PTR TO OBJECT
-  28: ARRAY OF PTR TO PTR
+  0x01: CHAR
+  0x02: BYTE
+  0x03: INT
+  0x04: WORD
+  0x05: LONG
+  0x06: Object
+
+  0x21: PTR TO CHAR
+  0x22: PTR TO BYTE
+  0x23: PTR TO INT
+  0x24: PTR TO WORD
+  0x25: PTR TO LONG
+  0x26: PTR TO Object
+  0x27: PTR TO PTR
+
+  0x41: ARRAY OF CHAR
+  0x42: ARRAY OF BYTE
+  0x43: ARRAY OF INT
+  0x44: ARRAY OF WORD
+  0x45: ARRAY OF LONG
+  0x46: ARRAY OF Object
+  0x47: ARRAY OF PTR
+
+  0x61: ARRAY OF PTR TO CHAR
+  0x62: ARRAY OF PTR TO BYTE
+  0x63: ARRAY OF PTR TO INT
+  0x64: ARRAY OF PTR TO WORD
+  0x65: ARRAY OF PTR TO LONG
+  0x66: ARRAY OF PTR TO OBJECT
+  0x67: ARRAY OF PTR TO PTR
+  
   0xffff: Unknown
 
         OBJECT selfdef
diff --git a/Updates.txt b/Updates.txt
index 2127378..508d023 100644
--- a/Updates.txt
+++ b/Updates.txt
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ Development restarted as E-VO by Darren Coles
    - Add _SRCLINE_ define (current line number)
    - Add _SRCPROC_ define (current proc name)
    - Added EVO_3_8_0 define
+   - Added support for ARRAY OF PTR TO ... in objects
    
 DATE HISTORY:
     3.3b    20.11.1999 -> 12.12.1999