rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript
DIM statement is not supported
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Description
For the following example:
sub doSomething()
Dim c[5, 4, 6]
For x = 1 To 5
For y = 1 To 4
For z = 1 To 6
c[x, y, z] = k
k = k + 1
End for
End for
End for
end sub
Taken from Roku documentation found: here
the Dim statement is flagged as error 1081 ("Found enexpected token 'Dim'") and appears to be unsupported.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the BrightScript example from the issue and confirm error 1081 occurs at the Dim statement. Trace the parser/compiler entry point that rejects Dim, then verify that the multidimensional declaration and subsequent indexing compile without that error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100