Interesting issue around function calls defined with a space after the name

[Brian G <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have never encountered this behavior before.......

When calling a programmatic function , a space after the name causes no 
issues. But for built in functions it causes an error?

In the ide, if you leave a space after most built in functions it fixes 
it, but not for shl or shr.

But in a script you can leave a space after any function.

Those functions  defined in and by the application have no issues with a 
space after the name and before the opening (.

Only build in functions fail in scripts with a space between the Name 
and the opening (.

The IDE corrects the issue after leaving the line by removing the spaces 
so it does not by default show up in most IDE based programs as the 
reformat takes care of it...

except apparently, shr and shl... there may be more examples. It can be 
confusing for a programmer when the errors show up and the code looks 
correct.

I wonder if the behavior should more consistently ignore the space 
between the function name and the opening ( ?

Dim a As Integer = 1
a = testit  (3)                                           ' this works 
correctly
a = Shl  (a, 1)                                          ' this creates 
an error and the IDE does not fix it up
              ^ Unexpected Shl
print format(a,"#####0")

sub testit(value as integer) as integer
  print "yes", value * 4
  return 3*4
end

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~~~~ Brian

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