array and function ambiguity

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,ドル 3)

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

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.


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


Run BASIC thinks that left(hello,ドル 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

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

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.