From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,96ae138aab3beb03 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-02 16:52:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!freenix!teaser.fr!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "martin.m.dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3CF77998.9040806@yahoo.com> <3CF77CDA.3090805@yahoo.com> <3CF78D3D.3030400@yahoo.com> <3CF79AAD.70501@yahoo.com> <8db3d6c8.0206011821.1e64ae72@posting.google.com> <3CF9EC9F.9020203@yahoo.com> <5ee5b646.0206020706.7f8c690c@posting.google.com> <3CFA3972.30904@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Localized Variable Declaration X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 00:52:17 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.147.177 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1023061940 62.252.147.177 (Mon, 03 Jun 2002 00:52:20 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 00:52:20 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25226 Date: 2002-06-03T00:52:17+01:00 List-Id: "David Rasmussen" wrote in message news:3CFA3972.30904@yahoo.com... > > No, you have not explained why it is useful to have special > > syntax to say that the scope is from here to the end, rather than > > explicitly specifying the scope. I find that > > Sure I haven't. And that wasn't what I said. This thread is _not_ about > local scopes, for me. It is about declaring variables in a just-in-time > fashion when they are needed. I didn't start talking about local scopes etc. Hmmmmmm, isn't that kind of ducking the issue? Surely there must be some debate about the ramifications of such a style? (and for sure scope must play a part in such a discussion)