const string array limits

[Jerry Messina]

I ran across a compiler issue while using the following...

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const sHelp() as string = 
(
    "this is a test of const string array length",

    // line is ok...max length (69+1=70)
    "123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789",

    // line is too long (70+1=71)...compiler terminates
    "1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890",

    "end of array "
)

dim w as word
    
// do something to reference the array, otherwise it'll be optimized out
w = addressof(sHelp)

It seems to limit the max size of a string to 69 chars. I can deal with this,
but the compiler just silently terminates... it took quite a while to narrow
it down to the offending lines! It'd be nice if it would at least complain about it.

Thanks,
Jerry

[JWinters]

I know this is post is a few months old, but I'm running into the same problem. I click build and it starts to compile. It eventually shows "Ready" in the bottom left corner of the IDE but it never actually makes a new HEX and there is no error.