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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: 'with'ing and 'use'ing
Date: 2000/03/02
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In article <wccputd8aqx.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
> Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> > A nice technique here is to use the full name the first time that
> > the name is referenced.  This informs the browser of where the name
> > is to be found.

> Hmm.  I don't think I like that idea.  If I saw:
(example deleted)
> I would tend to think there must be two different (overloaded) things

I don't think it would be helpful in my typical circumstance, where I am
looking at a particular malfunctioning routine in someone else's code
either. The odds of me seeing the "first reference" first are not good.

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