Deprecated Dim usage in UDF - BUG ??

[mlipok]

according to:
​http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/147658-dim-or-localglobal-to-declare-an-array/

Date.au3

 		Dim $asTimePart[4] 
 		Dim $iTimePart[4] 

Sound.au3

 		Dim $aSndID[4] = [$vTemp, 0, 0, $__SOUNDCONSTANT_SNDID_MARKER] ; create valid Sound ID array for use in UDF 

SQLLite.au3

 	Dim $aResult[($iAllocRows + 1) * $iColumns + 1] 
 		Dim $aiCellWidth[UBound($aResult, 2)] 
 			Dim $aResult[$iColumns][$iRows + 1] 
 			Dim $aResult[$iRows + 1][$iColumns] 
 	Dim $aRow[1] 
 	Dim $aNames[1] 

WinAPIDiag.au3

 		Dim $__Enum[501][2] = [[0]] 
 		Dim $__Enum[501][2] = [[0]] 

WinAPIGdi.au3

 	Dim $__Enum[101][8] = [[0]] 
 	Dim $aRamp[256][3] 
 			Dim $aTab[1] = [$Tab] 
 		Dim $Icon[1] = [$aIcon] 
 		Dim $Temp[1] = [0] 
 			Dim $Icon[$Count] 
 			Dim $Temp[$Count] 
 			Dim $aTab[1] = [$Tab] 

WinAPILocale.au3

 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 

WinAPIProc.au3

 			Dim $Prev[1][2] 
 				Dim $Prev[$Count][2] 
 		Dim $aPrivileges[$Count][2] 
 		Dim $Result[$Count + 1][2] = [[$Count]] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101][2] = [[0]] 

WinAPIRes.au3

 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101][$__Val[0] + 1] = [[0]] 

WinAPIShellEx.au3

 		Dim $aPaths[1] = [$Path] 
 		Dim $sFrom[1] = [$Data] 
 		Dim $sTo[1] = [$Data] 

WinAPIShPath.au3

 	Dim $Result[$Ret[2] + 1] = [$Ret[2]] 

WinAPISys.au3

 	Dim $__Enum[101][2] = [[0]] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101][2] = [[0]] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101][4] = [[0]] 
 	Dim $__Enum[101] = [0] 
 		Dim $aCtrl[1] = [$Ctrl] 

[guinness]

Dim isn't deprecated, it has its certain usage though very limited. I will leave this ticket open for others to consider as well.

[BrewManNH]

As guinness stated, it's not deprecated, it's merely suggested that you don't use it. I also had been under the impression that it had been deprecated, but found out otherwise.

[jchd]

AFAIK this is the only situation where Dim can't be avoided:

#include <Array.au3>
Local $a = 5

_ArrayDisplay(f($a))

Func f(ByRef $v)
	Dim $v[5]
EndFunc