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Re: runtime error??

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Oct 30, 2004
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Kat wrote:
> RobC, 
> 
> How is this a runtime error that cannot be caught at "compile" time , using 
> the interpreter?
> 
> Syntax error - expected to see possibly ')', not 'then'
>   if not equal(junk[length(junk)],data[loop] then

It's a compile-time error.
In 2.4 and earlier, the interpreter starts executing 
top-level statements as soon as it sees them, so maybe it 
executed code for a while before moving on and seeing the 
syntax error. In 2.5 the whole program is parsed before 
execution starts.

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