Variable already declared

[Sergey]

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EnableExplicit
Define abc.q
abc.q = 2
abc = 5

No error

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EnableExplicit
Define abc.q
abc.q = 2
abc.i = 5

[13:40:14] [COMPILER] Line 4: Variable already declared with another type: abc.

With type abc
Stop, abc - variable's name, not variable type


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[Little John]

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EnableExplicit
Define abc.q
abc.q = 2
abc.i = 5

[13:40:14] [COMPILER] Line 4: Variable already declared with another type: abc.

This is short for: “The following variable is already declared with another type: abc.”

With type abc
Stop, abc - variable's name, not variable type

The message does not write that abc is the variable's type.

[Sergey]

Оh, that's for sure
I read it as if it was a different type
Sorry, topic can be deleted

[Fred]

I will try to make the message clearer

[Sergey]

Maybe... Variable abc already declared with type quad

[TI-994A]

Maybe... Variable abc already declared with type quad

Technically, this should be sufficient:

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Line 4: Variable already declared: abc

More succinct, less confusion. IMHO.

[Fred]

Changed into:
Variable 'abc' already declared with another type.

[Little John]

Changed into:
Variable 'abc' already declared with another type.

That is more clear.

[charvista]

EnableExplicit
Define abc.q
abc.q = 2
abc = 5

When you use a variable without extension, it is the extension type that was used when you defined it that will be used; you defined it as .q so the abc (without .q) is the same as abc.q, and if you run it with Debug abc and Debug abc.q you will see that you have the same result: 5

EnableExplicit
Define abc.q
abc.q = 2
abc.i = 5

Here you have an error, because you have already defined abc as type .q so trying to define abc as type .i is a name mismatching: you cannot change the type of variable on the fly.

One thing to keep in mind: when a variable is defined without type, then the .i type will be the default.
Define abc
is the same as
Define abc.i
(in the case you have not already defined it as a .q, of course: it is the first definition that will given to a variable that counts)

[charvista]

Changed into:
Variable 'abc' already declared with another type.

That is more clear.

When speaking about the error message, yes, that is more clear, but "Variable 'abc' already declared as type .q' is more precise...

[Sergey]

When speaking about the error message, yes, that is more clear, but "Variable 'abc' already declared as type .q' is more precise...

I'm agree with you 100%
The user sees the specified type and can easily correct the error