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From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.FrankLho@rcn.com>
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Subject: Re: Style: always declare subrountines?
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:16:53 -0500
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As a general rule, I always make separate specifications and bodies for
subprograms, even if they are local to a library unit. Doing this makes it
very clear which subprograms are local and which a global. Moreover, I group
the subprogram specifications near the beginning of a package body. This
eliminates any concern over the ordering of the subprogram bodies.