Am I stupid?

[colinr(at)toliman.uio.no (Colin Rosenthal)]

pro stupid,a=a,a1=a1

print,'a=',a
print,'a1=',a1

end

IDL> stupid,a=1,a1=2
% Ambiguous keyword abbreviation: A.


so is there a sensible way around this? What I'm actually trying to
do is to have a keyword AXISCOLOR in a routine that also accepts
the AX keyword. I know I could call it something different but am I 
just being a whiny luser if I think the above code should work
as is? 

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Colin Rosenthal
Astrophysics Institute
University of Oslo