How do you assign a global var in a CAS function?

[webmasterpdx]

That article says that in CAS programs variable initialization must be done seperately from declaration.
...as in:

local c;
c:=5;

However, I just tried initialization on the same line as in:

local c:=5;

...and it worked.

So....is this still the case or is it OK to initialize in the same line as declaration with the latest firmware?
Let me know and I'll edit the article to remove that....

???
Thx
-Donald