Confused about LOCAL....

[webmasterpdx]

I just read the old post about variable priorities to make sure, and it said that LOCAL overrode the system variable names.

Now, I can create a Home function with LOCAL A; inside the function and it compiles without a problem, but when I put LOCAL A; outside the function, it gives me a syntax error on compilation. I can do it with a new variable name, but it seems to have a problem with variable override of a variable already defined (like the system variable A in this case).

Whats the rule here? I can't remember if it did this before the Beta, but I am using the Beta release...