Q25998: "Duplicate Definition" with Same Name of SUBprogram, Variable

Article: Q25998
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 7-FEB-1989

When you run the program below, a "Duplicate definition" occurs
because a variable and SUBprogram have the same name, not counting the
type of declaration suffix (i.e., !, #, $, &, or %).

You can work around this design limitation by changing the variable
name or the subprogram name.

This information applies to QuickBASIC Versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50,
and the BASIC compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b.

The following program demonstrates the "Duplicate Definition"
error:

' THIS IS THE MAIN PROGRAM:
DECLARE SUB abc ()
DEFINT A-Z
abc! = 2
CALL abc

SUB abc STATIC
PRINT "hello"
END SUB

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