Business Central 2024 wave 1 (BC24): Whitespaces in names are internally replaced with an underscore during compilation

Dynamics 365 Business Central

The article discusses the release of Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 wave 1 (BC24) and the availability of new features.
It highlights a new compiler warning (Future Error) in the BC24 release, which is not yet documented in the release plan but is mentioned in the AL Language extension changelog.
The warning, AL0803, is triggered when the names of two events or event subscribers conflict within the same object. Whitespaces in names are internally replaced with an underscore during compilation, causing potential conflicts.
The warning specifically applies to event and event subscriber methods in AL.
The article provides guidelines for declaring methods in AL, including using a space after a semicolon when declaring multiple arguments and including a blank line between method declarations.
It emphasizes the importance of avoiding spaces or other symbols in method names to prevent conflicts and potential runtime issues.
The article mentions that the diagnostic for conflicting names is currently specific to event and event subscriber methods but warns against appending spaces or symbols to method names in general.
It suggests reviewing the code and avoiding conflicts, as the warning will become an error in runtime version 15.0 or higher.

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