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trailing semicolon? - Dan Soper - 14.10.2026
I'm sure this has come up before, but probably on the old forum.
In a code module translated from C, I inadvertently left a line-end semicolon behind, resulting in:
Code:
END TYPE;As far as I'm aware this is not valid, and shouldn't compile - but it did!
What am I getting wrong here? Is is somehow valid PB syntax?
RE: trailing semicolon? - Borje Hagsten - 14.10.2026
It is for comment in an Inline Assembler statement. See PB Help - REM statement:
Syntax
REM comment text
' comment text
; comment in an Inline Assembler statement
Should add - a semi colon alone is ok to set anywhere, but will only work as remark in Inline Assembler statements.
RE: trailing semicolon? - Dan Soper - 15.10.2026
Hi Borje,
Thanks for the explanation. So a trailing semicolon is basically ignored everywhere*, but it only treated as a comment marker in Assembler? Seems like a compiler bug to me.
* it is meaningful in some places, e.g. at the end of a PRINT statement. The inconsistency makes me think this is not intended behaviour.
RE: trailing semicolon? - Borje Hagsten - 15.10.2026
Quick test shows it's not ignored everywhere, but doesn't matter what Bob had intention to do with it or if it is a "feature", because there will be no more versions of PB compilers. Apapt, overcome and move on..
