[Oberon] Unreferenced/unused code in Project Oberon 2013

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
> Michael Schierl
> Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2019 6:13 AM
> To: ETH Oberon and related systems
> Subject: [Oberon] Unreferenced/unused code in Project Oberon 2013
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I used some scripts to identify unreferenced code (after stumbling
> upon some unused variables in TextFrames), and was surprised how much
> code I could remove without affecting the system at all... (I also
> removed System.ExtendDisplay, as that one is of no use in Project
> Oberon, but apart from that I tried not to remove any command
> procedures.)
> 
> Does anyone know if that code is there to be useful in the future 

Yes - don't even think about changing anything that is currently exported!
The code might not be used in the Project Oberon operating system itself or
the examples supplied with it but that does not mean it is not useful in
other applications that are designed to be run on the operating system. Just
as an example, in Astrobe for RISC5 we use some of the Files functions that
you have marked as unreferenced, in association with HCFiler:

http://www.astrobe.com/HCFiler/ReadMe.htm

Regards,
Chris 

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.astrobe.com/RISC5