Re: %Error and %Error()

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/04/2010, at 5:34 AM, Robert Rogerson wrote:

> If I code %Error(filename) I get a validation error.  I expected the  
> same if
> I just code %Error().
> Is this undocumented that %Error and %Error() are the same thing?

I suspect this is a side-effect of a change to the compiler at 510.

:quote.
Other enhancements have been made to this release as well. These  
include:
o You can specify parentheses on a procedure call that has no  
parameters.
:equote.

Prior to 510 specifying empty parentheses on a procedure call with no  
parameters would result in a syntax error. Somewhat silly and  
corrected in 510. Since BIFs are effectively compiler-supplied  
procedures it seems reasonable that empty parentheses are allowed on  
them too--whether this was by design or side-effect only Barbara can  
say.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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