StreamByter does not recognize $08 and $09 (and related values) as valid decimal values

Question

StreamByter works in hex, but you can use $ to indicate a decimal value.

But, $08 and $09 are not recognized as valid values, while $0, $01, etc. are.

Avoid $08 and $09.  Use $8, $9, or just 8 and 9, since the hex and decimal values are equivalent.

Note, the error repeats at $018, $019, $028, $029, ..., then runs continuous through $080 to $099.

While there is a workaround, it can be irritating, as you get into the habit of always using $ to stay in decimal, and the leading zero helps keep things aligned.  (And the leading zero is required to differentiate the thirteenth byte of a message from the channel of a message.)

Initially reported by the-elf on 9931, broken out separate for problem report tracking.

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Comments

This happens in Midi Fire as well, right?

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Yes, but there is no active bug tracking happening over there.  I don't think this is something you need to fix, just live as an open minor problem to work around.

I did add this bug over on Audeonic, pointing back to this report.

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Our thoughts are more like: if this behavior exists in MidiFire, AND there's a workaround... then it's not a bug from our perspective. Let's change it to will-not-fix

Answer 1

Drop the leading 0 after the $ and it should work

Answer 2

Drop the leading 0 after the $ and it should work