OpenEuphoria

Re: A question about certain language features

• Posted by kbochert at ix.netcom.com Feb 15, 2002
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Hi David Cuny, you wrote on 2/15/02 12:32:11 AM:

>
>But in this case, it's not a matter of cosmetics. It actually *does*
>matter
>how (and where) something is written. By splitting the declaration from
>the
>assignment:
>
>   integer foo
>   ...
>   foo = 123 -- default value
>
>you increase the chances that the code will encounter an uninitialized
>variable. And when that happens, the Euphoria interpreter stops, and
>anything
>the user was doing is permanantly lost.
>

An argument could be made that uninitialized variables
ought to be prohibited.

    integer foo
              ^
'Attempt to create variable without value'


Might make the interpreter faster because it
wouldn't have to do a runtime check for
uninitialized variables.

Karl

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