Weird variable thing in 8.1.5

[jonathandlynch at gmail.com]

That was it - must have gotten clicked by accident.

In 14 years with LC I have never used that option.



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> On Jul 16, 2017, at 1:43 PM, ** Clarence P Martin ** via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Check in your script editor window under the Edit Sub-menu and look to see
> if "variable checking" is checked. That means that you need to declare any
> variables before you can use them. If you uncheck this, LiveCode will not
> require you to declare variables.
> Some people don't use variable checking and other do. That is a personal
> preference. Look up variable checking in the manual and you can decide what
> to do.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Clarence Martin
> Email: chipsm at themartinz.com
> Cell: 626 6965561
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
> Of Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 8:07 AM
> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Cc: jonathandlynch at gmail.com
> Subject: Weird variable thing in 8.1.5
> 
> I just created a button with this script:
> 
> On mouseup
>  Put "test" into tTest
> End mouseUp
> 
> It would not compile, producing the following error:
> 
> Compilation error at line 2 (Chunk: can't create a variable with that name
> (explicitVariables?)) near "tTest", char 15
> 
> Why would this happen?
> 
> Nobody would ever be able to use 8.1.5 if that always happened, so what
> would make it happen now?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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