Re: Local variable acting static in 4GL report

In article <E51HAw.8EH@nonexistent.com>, Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> writes >Hi folks, > >something strange is interfering with my debugging session. >I'm using all incarnations 4gl release 6.01.UD2 on HP-UX 10.01 > >I have a breakpoint at the entry to a report function, with the command >to print a local (to the report function) record variable named "tv". >The first time, all its members (smallints) are 0, of course. During >the course of the report, the various smallints are bumped up. However, >I expect it to *always* be 0 when I call the report function again. The >variable should be getting allocated on the stack and reinitialized >every time the function is entered. > >However, I am finding that upon entry to the report function the values >are set to whatever they were during the last "after group of" statement >block. > >This violates my understanding of local variables. I wonder if it is >causing a subtle program bug. > >Any ideas out there? > >Thanks. Source code would help but 6.01 is known to have lots of bugs. I've enocuntered several problems under 6.02 under 3 different platforms. Last I heard The latest release is 6.03/6.04 depending upon platform. I would upgrade imeediately. -- David Williams