Dim & Define Dim ???

[Caronte3D]

Which is the purpose of Define Dim over symple Dim?
No error but... is the same?

[mk-soft]

Can probably be left out

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EnableExplicit

Dim vars(10)

Procedure foo()
  Shared vars()
  Debug vars()
EndProcedure

[Fred]

It's the same.

[Quin]

Does this also apply to things like NewMap?
If inside a procedure with Explicit enabled, I don't have to do Protected/Define NewMap. But what's the default in this case?

[Demivec]

Does this also apply to things like NewMap?
If inside a procedure with Explicit enabled, I don't have to do Protected/Define NewMap. But what's the default in this case?

NewMap creates maps as locals. This is the same as what Define does to make a variable local in scope. If you need something different you would have to specify it.

[idle]

My understanding of define was to change the default variable type.

Define.f x,y,z

[mk-soft]

Declare variables only for MainScope and can be used with shared in procedures.

This is how I understood it.

[Quin]

Declare variables only for MainScope and can be used with shared in procedures.

This is how I understood it.

This was my understanding too. It's also helpful with Explicit enabled.