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From: David Rasmussen <pinkfloydhomer@yahoo.com>
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> 
> 
> use 'declare' e.g.
> 
> procedure Blah is
> begin  -- Blah
>    if Some_Function then
>       declare
>          Local_Variable : Integer; -- only visible within the block
>       begin
>          -- Do something with Local_Variable
>       end;
>    else
>    end if;
> end Blah;
> 
> 

Oh sure, but that is pretty tedious, compared to just a one line 
variable declation. The point is, to be a bit extreme, that centralized 
variable declations (e.g. at the "beginning" of the function) as done in 
C and Pascal, are evil. Variables should be declared close to where they 
are needed, IMO.

/David