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: 2002-06-03 04:22:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!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> <3CFAB12A.6050204@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 12:22:41 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.121.73 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1023103366 213.104.121.73 (Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:22:46 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:22:46 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25250 Date: 2002-06-03T12:22:41+01:00 List-Id: "David Rasmussen" wrote in message news:3CFAB12A.6050204@yahoo.com... > It surely is relevant. But I insist on talking about the times when it > is a _good_ thing to do it the C++ way, as I have explained. There _are_ > many places where it is a good way of doing things and there are very > sound arguments as to why it is a good idea. The idea is a good one, > regardless of scope issues. fair enough :-)