On Aug 6, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Robert Covington wrote:

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> Anything but the original equates. :(     A trap!

I haven't checked "original" ( assume you mean the old Inside Mac  
equates ) but all the FB built-in constants as far back as FB1 ( I'm  
looking at the list of built-in constants ) all start with a  
underscore followed by a letter.

This issue of constants beginning with an underscore/numeric was  
discussed a lot by the team both during and after development of  
FBtoC. SInce the team couldn't find any evidence that such a feature  
was ever implemented in FB, it seemed reasonable to leave it out while  
there were other bigger fish to fry. The  team spent a lot of time  
testing assumptions to be surprised by the results in some cases.  
Anyway, FB5 now implements such constants.

Brian S