Interesting compile error

[PhilOfPerth]

cannot even change the type after using erase:

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redim test(1 to 10) as string

test(1) = "test me"
erase test

redim test(1 to 10) as integer

test(1) = 10000

print "That's all the test folks!"
end

i get "name already in use" from the command line.  boy i really really hate this error message.  could something else be displayed instead?

the compilation try revealed above.  tried to refigure a string array into an ordinary single string variable.  then from a variable-length string to a fixed-length string.  cannot use the same name for more than one of those items.  this was enforced since quickbasic.

I'm not a guru, so take this for what it's worth:
The Wiki says Erase changes the VALUES, so I guess the array is still there.

I find this works:

ReDim test(1 To 10) As String
test(1) = "test me"
Erase test
ReDim test%(1 To 10)
test%(1) = 10000

Print "That's all the test folks!"
End