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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Subject: Re: constants v variables (was Re: if statements)
Date: 2000/11/09
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Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> writes:

> > Thanks for highlighting this one - I've been bleeting on about this locally
> > (and even in c.l.a. once!) for ages to collegues.
> 
> Me, too.  IMHO, constant should be the *default*, and you should have to
> say "var" or something to declare a variable; then people would be less
> likely to make this mistake.  In fact, that *is* the way parameters work
> ("in" is the default).  It seems inconsistent that object declarations
> work differently.

Following these lines, you probably should mandate proper tail
recursion as well. ;-)