Program Flow vs Coding Order

[SMcNeill]

Any command that is handled in the preprocess direct queue is subject to this type of problem.

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SUB INIT
    $LET whatever = TRUE
END SUB

SUB FOO
    $IF whatever THEN
END SUB

Move that FOO before INIT and that $LET isn't going to work or trigger for you.  It works solely on a first come, first serve basis.

Other things of similar processing:

OPTION BASE 0/1
DEF(any)
_DEFINE
$CHECKING:ON/OFF
$RESIZE:whatever

Heck almost any of the metacommands are handled on a top/down flow.  

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SUB INIT
   $CHECKING OFF
END SUB

SUB FOO
   $CHECKING:ON
END SUB

With the above, you've basically screwed with $CHECKING completely opposite of how you intended.   

So any of these precompiler type commands work with like this.   Beware when moving subs/functions.  It's not as simple as it seems.