On 8/29/22 00:44, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote:
Question, would BEGIN go at the top or the bottom
of my code? Seems the compiler would hit it first
at the top, but I do not know if it makes a full
pass of everything before firing off the BEGIN.
BEGIN runs at *compile* time.
This means that anything before the BEGIN statement in the code, is compiled
and known and can be referenced in the BEGIN block.
Anything *after* the BEGIN statement is still unknown to the compiler and can
therefore *not* be referenced.
Liz
Hi Liz,
Excellent explanation. Thank you!
Does the compiler make a full pass through
the code before firing off the BEGIN routine
or does it fire it off as soon as it finds it?
-T
