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0 pointsDidYaWipe1y ago0 comments

That sounds like they were doing something dumb. VB6 did not have a limit for variable names, unless it was 255 characters or something.

And yep, I just checked: The limit was 255 characters.

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I think more like globally. Like there was a fixed amount of space for all variable names.

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0 pointsDidYaWipe1y ago0 comments

That sounds like they were doing something dumb. VB6 did not have a limit for variable names, unless it was 255 characters or something.

And yep, I just checked: The limit was 255 characters.

I think more like globally. Like there was a fixed amount of space for all variable names.

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