TH> Declaring an numerical constant is done simply by preceeding the
  > name with a '%' char as in %constant =  declares a string constant.
MV> PB presently only supports integer-constants...
I suspect that a string constant simply is a pointer to the text of
the string. Thus literals are essentially constants. However, the
numerical constants are global by default, I wish such string
literals were, too.
MV> If PowerBASIC, inc. decides to add constants for all available
  > types, they will run into a slight problem... OPEN File$ FOR
  > BINARY AS #Handle Is it a constant, or a variable?:-) Only one of
  > the two can exist at a time, but it can be confusing:(
 
I believe that the 'type' of a varable is stored.
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