Re: Ichbiah 2022 compiler mode

["Jeffrey R.Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org.not>]

On 2024-12-21 09:14, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> "One more keyword" is irrelevant in terms of creating code, the only
> question is whether it hurts readability.

More keywords = fewer words that can be used as identifiers

so more keywords makes writing code a little bit harder than fewer keywords.

> But how many of them *have* to be variables vs. the number that just are
> because it is easier? I know I have a number of the latter.

I put a lot of effort into making sure that all constants are so declared, 
because I have the rule that (with certain exceptions) no non-local variables 
may be referenced from subprograms, but constants may be referenced from 
anywhere. However, I sometimes have constants that cannot be initialized with a 
single expression, resulting in

C : T; -- Constant after initialization

Once C has been initialized, I treat it as a constant. Would your approach allow 
the compiler to know that C is really a constant?

-- 
Jeff Carter
“Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics
is not fully human.”
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