NetRexx USES deficiency (bug)

[Thomas.Schneider.Wien]

  I did now some conversations with some of you, and would *like*
to repeat:

The current behaviour of the reference compiler for NetRexx is incorrect.

Let me tell you the shortest example I can make:

class Scan USES ReyMsg, ReyFile

method abc

      ix=ic1 -- where ic1 is a public property of ReyMsg,
                 -- and ic1 is, thru the USES clause, actually
                 -- takenn from the class ReyMsg ... ok, so far

      ic1 = ic1 +14

Here, I get my problem (not a real problem, as I did id already resolve
in my code)

Let me repeat it:

      ic1= ic1 +14

The right hand side of the usage of 'ic1' doese refer to ReyMsg,
where ic1 is a public property of, (correctly, as specified=

but the left hand side of the assignment does introduce a *new*
local variable !!!

Thus, we have the interesting point that the *same variable*
on the left hand side and the right hand side of the same statement
do have a *different* meaning ...

I'm, while re-re-reading the NetRexx 2 language definition,
still thinking it is a *BUG* in the reference implementation....


At least when looking at the defnition of a so called *NetRexx TERM*.

greetings from Vienna,
Tom.
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