At 11:56 2016-11-22, Ted Roche <tedroche@gmail.com> wrote:

>VFP, unlike some languages, is intolerant of excess parameters. To catch this:

>

>1. Use error handling in the CALLING program, not the CALLED program

>with the Parameters statement, or

>

>2. Write a very tolerant program that accepts all of the parameters

>you can throw at it (varies by version) and throws an error after

>testing them with PCOUNT().

>

>(At one point, I know the number of parameters was 26, since that's

>the number of red playing cards in a standard deck. But I think that

>limit was raised in the most recent version, as your testing

>indicates.)

Point 1: this will not work for me since it is a *standalone* program.

As to point 2, the parameter limit is rather high. On my

system, it was 152! Above 40, I kept getting spurious "Source is out

of date" messages and had to explicitly compile my test

programs. This odd behaviour was consistent. I also had one case

where VFP insisted on holding onto the program, and I could not

delete it, even after clear program.

VFP is not perfect, but this one is embarrassing.

[snipped previous]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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