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>>That explains a lot of these features. I guess the only way to have this changed, if it would ever have been an issue, it a SET STRICT setting in VFP, similar as the change when grouping in queries was enforced.
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>ISTR some syntax used back in the FoxBASE+ days, for referring to table columns. Whereas today we typically use this:
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MyTable.MyColumn

>I think in the past you could (or had to ?) use this:
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MyTable=>MyColumn
>* or was it MyTable->MyColumn ?

It was MyTable->MyColumn. This is still legal in VFP, while xBase (Clipper) only accepts this syntax.