> >> ... meaning they are not persistant and don't have a fixed address. =
=A0Those may
> >> not exist unless execution is within that routine or one called by it.

> > And utterly fatal* to use or refer to =A0if the DO exist at any other t=
ime.

> It's not uncommon in Assembler or automatically in HLL that the same RAM
> deliberately is different locals at different stages of the program call
> structure. It would be a very inefficient use of scarce RAM to have
> every variable have unique location all the time.

Yes. That was the point that Olin and I were both making.
Trying to use a location based on it's prior role when it has been
reassigned is liable to make life interesting.

 R

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