Repeat...Until fails with No Such Variable when compiled

[circe]

I have a somewhat large program with a REPEAT...UNTIL new% => last%. When Compiled with 'Shorten Names' ticked, repeats correctly until condition is met when it fails with No Such Variable.

A workaround is:

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            A%=new% :REM:To avoid problem with compiling Short Names.
            B%=last%
          UNTIL A% => B%
          REM:Equates to  UNTIL new% => last%

So the variables must exist!

Only fails if compiled with Shorten Names ticked and of course does not fail in Immediate mode.
I have not been able to reproduce in a small model so far.

[Richard Russell]

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      UNTIL A% => B%

This may be unrelated to your problem, but that is not valid BBC BASIC syntax. It should be A% >= B% not A% => B%. Think greater than or equal to.

I have not been able to reproduce in a small model so far.

I can't investigate further without a Minimal Reproducible Example to run. But if you're looking for a workaround that is less drastic than turning off the Shorten Names option altogether, consider using REM!Keep so that only the variable(s) that are causing the problem are retained in their original 'long' form:

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      REM!Keep new%, last%
          UNTIL new% >= last%

[circe]

Thank you Richard. The => vs >= issue was not the problem, but REM!Keep resolves.
I may be wrong, but I do not see a way of reproducing in a small model. If I do find a way, I will post it here.