in reply to •Re: Mysterious "syntax error"
in thread Mysterious "syntax error"

D'uh! I should've worked that out, but ... I didn't.

I've encountered it before. I may even have asked a SoPW on it a ways back. I'm pretty sure I've answered one or two about it, but I could *not* see the ambiguity. I guess that just shows how infrequently the guessing gets it wrong.

Thanks.

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