Arrays, brackets and parens - and 5.0.14 When???

[John Esak]

Since arrays first became available, I have used square brackets [] to
dimension them and refer to them. I have never had problem one, and this
convention lets me know immediately that something is an array element and
not a lookup field or function parameter, etc. Now, Tony Ryder showed me
today that a construction I was never able to make work... works if it is
done with parens instead of brackets.  We both had about given up when he
stumbled on the reason for things not working.

  1  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If:
       Then: 'square brackets for arrays are supposed to work everywhere,
no?
  2  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If:
       Then: 'Why do they not work in the following example but parens
do????
  3  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If: 'this doesn't work
       Then: 'dim array[(2,.0)(3,.0)(10,*)]:aa
  4  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If: 'this does work
       Then: dim array((2,.0)(3,.0)(10,*)):aa
  5  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If:
       Then: ac="hello"
  6  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       . If:
       Then: show "@" < array["3"];  end


Can this be addressed in some next update? Shouldn't the brackets work
everywhere including this construction?

Incidentally, when is the .14 release coming out. How about just a vague,
roughly close to the truth answer? A very long time ago it was rumored,
expected, assumed (all horrible words) to be about _now_, like mid summer.
So what's up? If Ken can't answer, how about someone at FP headquarters
chiming in?  Simply put, I (and everyone else, I bet) either need to be able
to print memos, or I (we) are going to have to use another method for taking
notes(text) in filePro records. I've been pushing this important project
ahead for nearly nine months now since the idea of them being in a .14
release was discussed publicly. So, again, what's up, you just can't keep
saying "real soon now"... If, at least, we know it is not going to be until
December and that is firm, so be it... At least we can plan accordingly.
Just getting the usual never ending zero idea not even a 1/4 mentioned
release is pressing things beyond the breaking point again. This is and has
been for decades the single most damaging thing that any and every filePro
company has done. Just giving more information about the possible when, with
reasonable commitment would be 1000% more than this constant month after
month after month of never knowing. So I am asking. point blank. When is
5.0.14 going to be released? I will copy this to the usual administration
addresses, too. It's time to get an answer.

Thanks,

John