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

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 14/10/2025 à 16:22, Brian G a écrit :
> 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

Shr and Shl are operators too, not just functions. This is why they do 
not eat the space after them.

P.S. By the way, answer to the mailing-list, not just me.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.