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Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines

From Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines
Date 2011-10-07 17:37 +0100
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 07/10/2011 17:34, Deanna Earley wrote:
> On 07/10/2011 16:26, ralph wrote:
>> Procedurename argument
>> is not semantically the same as
>> Procedurename (argument)
>>
>> However, I disagree with the characterization that it is a 'bug' or
>> that the results should even be 'unexpected'. The grammatic rules for
>> calling VB procedures and using parathentheses are very clear. If one
>> doesn't follow the rules then surprises are to be expected.<g>
>
> Of course, but I expect people to not read/know the rules and so will
> not be expecting defined behaviour :p
> That and the amount of people I've had to tell this to when they were
> bitten by it...

Oh, and by bug I meant a bug in people's code that has the () when it 
shouldn't, not a bug in the VB libs/parsing.

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Dee Earley (dee.earley@icode.co.uk)
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Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-07 05:48 +1100
  Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2011-10-06 13:54 -0700
    Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-07 10:39 +1100
      Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2011-10-06 16:54 -0700
        Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-07 11:34 +1100
  Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Access Developer" <accdevel@gmail.com> - 2011-10-06 16:05 -0500
    Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-07 10:41 +1100
      Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Access Developer" <accdevel@gmail.com> - 2011-10-06 22:49 -0500
  Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Thorsten Albers" <gudea@gmx.de> - 2011-10-06 23:16 +0000
    Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-07 11:36 +1100
      Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-10-06 23:58 -0500
        MZ Tools "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-08 19:37 +1100
          Re: MZ Tools ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-10-08 10:53 -0500
    Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-07 12:15 +1100
    Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-07 12:32 +1100
      Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2011-10-06 19:28 -0700
        Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-10-07 09:17 +0100
          Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-10-07 10:26 -0500
            Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-10-07 17:34 +0100
              Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-10-07 17:37 +0100
              Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-10-07 12:04 -0500
            Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines "Dimmer" <Dimmer@Best.com> - 2011-10-08 05:32 +1100
              Re: Newbie question about nested subroutines ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-10-07 14:30 -0500

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