Issues with underscores in variable or procedure names

[nikkip]

Hi Ted,

I use underscores in almost all of my variable/procedure/function names. But I've just recently that sometimes these underscores make NEURON crash. For instance:

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proc batchrun() {
	print "testing 1"
}
batchrun()

proc batch_run() {
	print "testing 2"
}
batch_run()

The first procedure runs fine, but the second crashes. Is this because there is a hidden built-in variable or function called "_run" that's conflicting somehow? And if that's the case, is there a list of such key words that should be avoided in conjunction with variable/function/procedure names?

Thanks!

Nikki

[nikkip]

Interesting... If you replace batch_run() with batch_gun(), it works fine. So some conflict with the built-in run() function?

[ted]

batch_run() is a reserved name--look it up in the Programmer's Reference. Any attempt to redefine batch_run() should generate a syntax error message.