Are there any plans to support file read/write operations in ROBOTC for Cortex and PIC?

This feature would greatly help my team.

Thanks
//Andrew

Link for info:
http://www.vexrobotics.com/products/acc ... -2194.html

It's a really nice microcontroller...

//Andrew

We have a file system on the Cortex that we could use to do so, and it's one of the features we're considering for future development.

How would you take advantage of the features if we were to implement it? What kinds of behaviors would you be looking for.

My number 1 usage would be for datalogging. I'd want to create a "black box" to see what happened during a match, and why a part of a program messed up. I'd also experiment a bit with battery voltages.

Another use would be for "on the fly" autonomous editing. I could write code to emulate driver control code. (i.e. drive the robot through the path you want, then it acts it out.)

Eventually (if I become more skilled with robotics programming), file-writing could be used for "learning."

The most important use, though, is for datalogging. I cannot express how much I would like to see that...

//Andrew

As RoboDesigners said, one of the main functions would be datalogging. Another one would be for data input, or machine learning (perhaps something like q-learning). And of course, it would allow for more modulated multi-program downloads. I'd also like to see flash protection, so new(or experienced) users don't accidentally destroy their Cortex.

Thanks for the input. I'll add it to our internal documents.