On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 4:35 PM Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis via fpc-devel < fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> Even if declaring variables as close as possible to where the variable > will be used ( debugging wise not readability wise ) leads to more correct > code, the problem is to avoid the temptation to use them in other places > too. > Variables declared within a begin...end cannot be used elsewhere. (E.g. for var I:=0 to .. won't let you use I after the loop). > AFAIK, one of Pascal's primary design goals is to won't let you shoot > yourself in the foot, and IMO that feature is not in that direction. > I'd like to see an example how this is less safe.
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