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DIM text% LOCAL 255 makes the allocated memory local, i.e. it allocates it from the stack rather than from the heap.
As they both work, and I would assume that they are both acceptable, why would you rather have the memory allocated from the stack? Is there a potential problem, or is just good practice?
Is there a potential problem, or is just good practice?
There's a massive potential problem - a memory leak! As a rule you never have a choice of when to allocate memory from the heap or the stack; for example if you're allocating memory inside a PROC or FN it will generally be essential to allocate it from the stack. A memory leak is the very last thing you want because it's so insidious - it may not be noticed until your program eventually crashes maybe days or months later!
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