Re: Localized Variable Declaration

["martin.m.dowie" <martin.m.dowie@ntlworld.com>]

"David Rasmussen" <pinkfloydhomer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3CF77998.9040806@yahoo.com...
> I am a C++ programmer learning Ada. So far, I love it. It is more or
> less the answer to my prayers. The only thing I miss which I think
> really enhances readability and minimizes bugs (two things that Ada
> excels at), is the ability to declare a variable "anywhere". In C++ we
> can declare a variable exactly when it is needed, which is easier to
> read, than to have to scroll up to the beginning of the function to see
> what type/size/whatever, a variable is. Also, it directly makes it
> possible more often to initialize a variable with a sensible value,
> because it is available, which it wouldn't be at the start of the
> function/scope.
>
> Is there anyway to address this problem?

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;