Atari Basic Bug List

[drpeter]

[any digits]. at the start of a line is interpreted as [any digits].[0]  i.e. just a line number

 

so not unexpected

[QTZ]

I didn't think the line number may be written with period.

So here as expected then
.1 PRINT [ENTER]
.5.TEST [ENTER]
10.5678REM? [ENTER]
15.000.000 [ENTER]
L. [ENTER]
0 PRINT
1 REM TEST
11 REM ?
15 REM 000

.12345 [ENTER]

L.0 [ENTER]

[LINE 0 IS DELETED]

Thank you DrPeter for clear this out

Edited April 15, 2022 by QTZ

[mirao]

On 9/17/2015 at 2:51 PM, drac030 said:

It is interesting though how apparently noone noticed (not having clicked in the link Sikor quoted) that in Atari BASIC rev. C the DIM instruction can be typed in without parameters, and it is accepted by the parser. Just try 10 DIM{RETURN}

This is an annoying issue because if you enter "10 DIM" and run program, interpreter freezes. Moreover even if you warm reset and run "LIST" or "NEW", interpreter still freezes. Not sure if there is some better workaround than cold reset (which obviously causes that your program is lost).
I remember the issue from my real Atari 800 XE a now I can see it also in Altirra in ATARI BASIC rev. A/B/C.
Altirra BASIC isn't affected.

 

Yeah, the issue is also mentioned in http://atariki.krap.pl/index.php/Atari_BASIC#B.C5.82.C4.99dy_w_Atari_BASIC