Compile error - unknown value Thread - qc

This happened:

I was testing various modules. X monsters are not on the compile list now as I have yet to
add random monsters back in.

Code fragment:

framerloop($heximpwat1, $heximpwat24, heximp_sit1, 0.1,

	frame_arb($heximpwat1,if (random() < 0.5) sound (self, CHAN_VOICE, "heximp/up.wav", 1, ATTN_IDLE));
	ai_stand();
);

This is a considerable concern. "framerloop" is one of my new macros to replace
a series of the old quake frame macros. Each one uses a global var and there is no
reason to when this macro can replace them and use one global.

But - how did this fail compile?

I have 65 of these that compile every time with no problem. And I just compiled this a few minutes back with no issue.

I played with this a bit. I could find no reason heximp_sit1 is unknown.
Hair pulling was becoming a valid option when I noticed the first error on line 1:

f/* ::-::

As often happens when using 3 or 4 different interface (scite, geany, vi, bash term line, web stuff like this)
I get odd stray chars as I constantly switch around. I'm constantly removing ` from source as I use
guake term and ALT-` is how I call it and banish it. If ALT isnt hit solid, ` gets injected in the current interface.

So, the case seems that a stray char before a macro can cause bizarre results.

Sometimes it pays to fix errors in order of appearance rather than focusing on the most important.

When I removed the stray "f", the module compiled fine.