Returning a String from a function

[LTee]

Oops!

I just gave it a go with 1.2.6 r1812 (the final release of 1.2.6?) and it throws the same compilation error.

Here's the interesting thing - the call to the function only fails to compile if it's within the same file as the function declaration. So if I make two files, like this:

ReturnString.bas:

Code:

function test(n as UBYTE) as STRING return str(n) end function

TestReturnString.bas:

Code:

#include "ReturnString.bas" dim result as STRING result = test(50) print result

... and then compile TestReturnString.bas, then everything is fine. I guess this explains why some of the library files compile okay, they have String functions in them but never call themselves. :-)