Mike,

No discussion on merit of private vs. local from my side see embolded part ;-)

BUT it is central to existing vfp/xBase code, unless the dev Linted the program after being meticolous in using Local.
Cleaning up a few warts while producing a clone/newer version: sure.

But changing such a central part plus all the planned additions: perhaps starting from a clean slate with a new language might be cleaner.
Getting users to adopt a totally new language: oodles more difficult, so perhaps less changes and getting a running version while a few reamining vfp devs still want one might be more important, which was the background for my "shipping is a feature" ;-)


>FWIW I prefer Local to Private because you don't have to worry about name conflicts in called methods. I screw up enough things on my own without scattering land mines around.
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>>Why redefine private scope to local ?
>>Param missing totally (see above, granting that LPara is cleaner) ?