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Re: rosettacode 500 milestone passed

• Posted by petelomax Mar 18, 2017
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Not really a problem, it is actually quite reasonable that getToken() should be told when floats can and cannot be valid.

Fair enough

The only two things that spring to mind are (and you did say "kept short and simple") that in an N-00 line routine

if this then 
   -- <you are adding code here> 
else 
   if that then 
      -- loads more code 
   elsif the_other then 
      integer w 
   else 
      integer W 
      -- <then you add more here> 

First, without local mini-scopes, while working up top you forget there is a w 200 lines further down and add another one -> compilation error.
Not exactly what I'd call critical either, and that sort of thing can still happen with scopes.

Second, while working down below, you use w when you meant W, or perhaps that you can't rename/remove w without checking all the rest of the code.
No matter how you look at it though, mini-scopes cannot be justified in routines that fit on a single screen.

Pete