>>Fabio,
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>>It's not a bug. The field always takes precedence over variable whenever they both can be used. The macro substitution, on other hand, works with variables only.
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>Of course, what you write is conflicting.
>
>Proof:
>The macro substitution works with variables only. Yes.
>
>The call by Reference works with variables only, too. Yes.
>( fields precedence it is insignificant ).

There's nothing conflicting in what I said. It's documented in VFP help. If you don't like it doesn't make it a bug.