Problems compiling with 7.089 - CONST throws a syntax error

[Uncle]

Just updated to 7.089 and now my code which ran well under 7.087 fails with syntax errors.  if fails to compile CONST declarations.  Did something change?

[EDIT] whats strange is that const is still highlighted as a reserved word in the IDE, but instead of being in capitals it always reverts to lowercase. 

Cheers,

Unc

[MikeHart]

Change it to CONSTANT. It's still a command in progress.

[MrTAToad]

The CONST command is reserved for future expansion and currently wont work.

[Uncle]

Yep that fixed it.  Thanks guys.  Shame I used const throughout most of the programs I have written so far    Find and replace here I come

[Kitty Hello]

No, if you use CONSTANT, and it compiles, you can be happy.
But there are occasions where it won't compile!

[BdR]

Aha, CONSTANT instead of CONST.. I was wondering why that didn't work I had the same problem, I had already created a program with the demo version but in a newer version it didn't compile because of the CONST' s. I use it a lot for defining things like "direction-enumeration" and gameobjects, for example.

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CONSTANT DIR_UP    = 1
CONSTANT DIR_DOWN  = 2
// etc.

CONSTANT GAMEOBJ_NONE   = 0
CONSTANT GAMEOBJ_WALL   = 1
CONSTANT GAMEOBJ_LADDER = 2
// etc.

I assume GLBasic translates that to #defines in the C++ files, right?

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#DEFINE GAMEOBJ_NONE   = 0
#DEFINE GAMEOBJ_WALL   = 1
#DEFINE GAMEOBJ_LADDER = 2
// etc.

Occasionally it won't compile? Do you mean when there is a naming conflict or something? For example, when you use a CONSTANT with the same name as a global/local variable or as a function name?

[Kitty Hello]

CONSTANT will b converted to "const DGNat xy = 1;"