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Re: For loop variables reported incorrectly in ex.err file

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Feb 07, 2004
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Pete Lomax wrote:
> The following test program demonstrates the problem:
> 
> procedure t(integer i)
> 	for j=i to i do
> 		if i=1 then ?9/0 end if
> 		t(i-1)
> 	end for
> end procedure
> t(3)
> 
> It creates the following ex.err file, clearly duplicating the current
> value of j rather than showing the correct value from the calling
> scope:
> 
> C:\test.exw:3 in procedure t() 
> attempt to divide by 0 
> 	i = 1
> 	j = 1
> 
> ... called from C:\test.exw:4 in procedure t()  
> 	i = 2
> 	j = 1
> 
> ... called from C:\test.exw:4 in procedure t()  
> 
> 	i = 3
> 	j = 1

Thanks. I recall there's something special about
mixing for loops with recursion. I'll fix the
code that generates ex.err files.

Regards,
    Rob Craig
    Rapid Deployment Software
    http://www.RapidEuphoria.com