On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 09:32:24AM +0000, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > On 17/07/18 09:15, Henry Vermaak wrote: > >On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 03:02:42PM +0200, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:> > >Santiago A. <s...@ciberpiula.net> schrieb am Mo., 16. Juli 2018, 13:41:> > > > >I have some suggestions of change to freepascal syntax, just to debate> >> > > >(All are backward compatible)> >> > - Declaring variables inside blocks, and > >loop variables> >> -> reduces readability -> no interest > >How can it reduce readability? You move variables closer to where theyare > >used, therefore reducing clutter in the main "var" section.Limiting variable > >scope is definitely a good thing, I sure hope you'renot arguing against > >that. That's why almost all languages encourage it. > > Agreed, and that's /particularly/ the case with something like a loop > control variable which should not be assumed to have a predictable value > out-of-scope.
Spot on, you can pretty much eliminate that class of bug with this. Henry _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
