See, maybe in the code afterwards...

It may be writing something like..

If exist thisvar...

then do thisthing..

or

If type of thisvar is "C"

then do..

or

If thisvar=....

So, thats why I told you... If it is not doing any such thing..

you can remove it.. but if it is doing any such thing.. then better to leave it as it is..


>Thanks Vinod! But I know what each command is doing. :) I only want to know if there's any side effect of this code, if there's a hidden trick, etc. Because if there's nothing like that, the code is useless and it changes nothing in the program.
>
>Vlad
>
>>>>>Recently, I had to optimize/debug/verify/etc an old project written in FP 2.6.
>>>>>
>>>>>At the begining of the main program I found the following code that doesn't make any sense to me. (I also asked other FoxPro programmers from our team, but no answer was found.):
>>>>>
>>>>>parameter Cmd_Param
>>>>>
>>>>>

if type("Cmd_Param") = "C"
>>>>>   TempVar = Cmd_Param
>>>>>   release Cmd_Param
>>>>>   private Cmd_Param
>>>>>   Cmd_Param = TempVar
>>>>>endif

>>>>>
>>>>>I can't find any reason to have this piece of code in the program since, IMO, it does nothing. Am I missing something? Is there something subtle/secret/etc and I don't see it?
>>>>>
>>>>>Vlad
>>>>
>>>>Afterwards in the program, Is it checking the value of cmd_param ??
>>>
>>>Yes, of course. Why?
>>>
>>>Vlad
>>
>>Yes, so that clears it.. Pls read the code carefully...
>>
>>>>>parameter Cmd_Param
>>>>>
>>>>>

if type("Cmd_Param") = "C"
>>
>>here it is checking any char. parameter passed it to it
>>>>>   TempVar = Cmd_Param
>>
>>Preserving the value in a temporary variable..
>>
>>>>>   release Cmd_Param
>>Relasing the Original Variable
>>>>>   private Cmd_Param
>>& again declaring it..
>>>>>   Cmd_Param = TempVar
>>>>>endif

>>>
>>& finally assigning the passed parameter which was saved in a temporarily variable..