hi,

"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > should work.  (tried with debug concat, on v.3.8.0 alpha)
> Thanks! It does indeed.
> My own proper syntax is now:
> object{MY_OBJ
> #fopen FOOBAR "my_file.txt" read
> #read(FOOBAR,AAA)
> #fclose FOOBAR
> rotate AAA
> }

fwiw, I'd write:

#fopen FOOBAR "my_file.txt" read
#read(FOOBAR,AAA)
#fclose FOOBAR
object{MY_OBJ rotate AAA}

no functional difference/reason.

> ... It's not obvious that AAA 'hangs around' or remains in memory(?)
> after the txt file is closed. (There's no actual #declare or #local
> anywhere.)

try the above.  (intruding on clipka's territory here) think of the
(re-)"#declare" of 'AAA' happening "inside" the #read.

(now you've got me using quotes too..  ;-))


regards, jr.

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