array and function ambiguity

[billw]

This should cause an invalid function name error:
function dim(x)
 print "dim:x"
 dim = x
end function

RB complains when I try to set dim's value. Go figure.

I'd expect left() and the like to be an invalid function name, too. This:
hello$ = "Finland"
print "Go to "; left(hello$, 3)

yields an ambiguous type mismatch error. Or perhaps you could add a Google-like "Did you mean..." feature?

[carlgundel]

billw said:

This should cause an invalid function name error:
function dim(x)
 print "dim:x"
 dim = x
end function

RB complains when I try to set dim's value. Go figure.

RB doesn't consider dim( and dim to be the same token. Technically dim( is not an invalid function name. However dim is a reserved word and cannot be a variable.

I'd expect left() and the like to be an invalid function name, too. This:
hello$ = "Finland"
print "Go to "; left(hello$, 3)

Why? left( and left$( are not the same thing at all.

yields an ambiguous type mismatch error. Or perhaps you could add a Google-like "Did you mean..." feature?

Run BASIC thinks that left(hello$, 3) is an array reference. Arrays do not accept string parameters. I'll what I can do to make the error refer to the array named left.

-Carl

[Jerry Muelver]

Or, just give us an array that accepts string parameters....

A little hash can really pep up a breakfast platter!

[carlgundel]

jerrymuelver said:

Or, just give us an array that accepts string parameters....
A little hash can really pep up a breakfast platter!

I'm interested in adding a hash to RB, but I'm going to be careful how I do it.

-Carl

[billw]

carlgundel said:

billw said:

This should cause an invalid function name error:
function dim(x)
 print "dim:x"
 dim = x
end function

RB complains when I try to set dim's value. Go figure.

RB doesn't consider dim( and dim to be the same token. Technically dim( is not an invalid function name. However dim is a reserved word and cannot be a variable.

In LB4, this causes an invalid function name error. Rightly so, I might add, because there isn't any way to return a value from a function named dim().

The current implementation is broken. Please fix it.