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Q58039: "Internal Error" Using Two-Dimensional Single-Precision Array

Article: Q58039
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 7.00   | 7.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist7.00 fixlist7.10 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 21-SEP-1990

The code example below generates the error message "Internal Error
near 8C54" when compiled using the BC.EXE shipped with Microsoft BASIC
Professional Development System (PDS) version 7.00 for MS-DOS and MS
OS/2. This problem does not occur in the QBX.EXE environment or in
earlier compiler versions.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft BASIC PDS
version 7.00. This problem was corrected in BASIC PDS version 7.10.

Code Example
------------

  DIM a (4, 4), b(4, 4)
  k% = i% + 1
  a(0, j%) = a(0, k%)
  b(0, j%) = b(0, k%)

To work around this problem in 7.00, compile using the BC /D (Debug)
option, or change the arrays to integer arrays or double-precision
arrays. To cause the error, the array must be single precision,
two-dimensional, and referenced with integer variables as shown.

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