>>While compiling a couple of VFP6 programs under VFP7, the compiler flagged one line in each program that had a syntax error. Specifically they were LOCAL declaration statements which had a missing comma between two of the variables.
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>>This was not picked up by the VFP6 compiler. My question is, has anyone seen or suspect that this type of missed comma syntax error in a VFP6 application might cause C5 errors?
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>You'd get a syntax error before having a chance to see a C0000005. It simply won't run, and C0000005 is a runtime error.
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>Oh, you mean in VFP6? My serious doubts. It's a parser thing, so it either parses the command and creates the variables, or it doesn't. But I doubt it would mess up something in memory.
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>But then, just doubts.

I have no doubts. On second thought… :)