question

Hello,

In the docs for gauge_calculator_code_precompile() it says:

A precompiled (compressed) calculator string can be used as input to the execute_calculator_code and format_calculator_string functions.

And indeed it works with any code destined for execute_calculator_code().

However when I give it "formatting" code meant for format_calculator_string(), it reports errors (below). The same code string works w/out error when passed directly to format_calculator_string(), w/out going through the precompile stage.

Using a simple example from the RPN string formatting docs:

Fuel Quantity: %( (A:FUEL TOTAL QUANTITY, liters) )%!1.2f!

When passed directly to format_calculator_string() it yields the expected result:
Fuel Capacity: 336.90

When passed to gauge_calculator_code_precompile() it throws errors in the Dev Mode Console:

Invalid script (command not found - perhaps a space is missing or there's an extra space?): "Fuel"
Invalid script (no command is more than 4 characters): "Quantity: ( (A:FUEL TOTAL QUANTITY, liters) )!1.2f!"
Invalid script (no command is more than 4 characters): "( (A:FUEL TOTAL QUANTITY, liters) )!1.2f!"

Which BTW are the same errors I'd see if I passed that calculator string to execute_calculator_code() directly.

FWIW, gauge_calculator_code_precompile() returns ok/true when this happens, a compiled size (pCompiledSize) of 11 and the byte code returned is 01:0B:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00. (which clearly format_calculator_string() doesn't know what to do with and just returns the byte code data verbatim).

Is there some trick to pre-compiling string formatting code for use in format_calculator_string()? Or does it simply not work?

Thank you,
-Max