Syntax error... in the wrong place

[Brian K. White]

On 3/1/2013 2:36 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ---- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
>
>> On 3/1/2013 12:04 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>>> The table below is giving me a syntax error. the error is
>>>
>>> """
>>> Syntax error in line 21:
>>>
>>> ::new(to) = old(fr):
>>>                   ^
>>> """
>
>> [...]
>>
>> Actually, it's properly showing and pointing to the error. However, for
>> some reason, it's displaying the line *number* of the definition of the
>> "old" import statement.
>
> So the error routine is confused, and displaying fr, instead of to.
>
> Got it.
>
> So, what's syntactically incorrect about using a variable named fr to
> subscript a reference to an import?  You can't *use* a variable there?
>
> I have to write 29 copy statements by hand?
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>

Yes, as in my sample table.

Or get jhimport from Jim Henderson which will write the 29 lines for you.

-- 
bkw