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Re: 3.0 feature request: nested calls

• Posted by "Christian Cuvier" <christian.cuvier at agriculture.gouv.fr> Jul 19, 2005
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> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:19:51 -0500
> From: "Kat" <gertie at visionsix.com>
> Subject: 3.0 feature request: nested calls
> 
> 
> Something else not mentioned, which is a little nicety, is nested 
> functions/procedures within other functions/procedures. This is like Eu's 
> include files with local scoping within those files. The upsides to allowing
> this
> is total lack of namespace conflicts, and inherently tight variable scope.
> 

I suggested it in the wish list I had posted in Aug. 2002, and still 
strongly support it.
CChris

> 
> procedure1()
> --var list here
> -- no code allowed here
> 
> function2()
> -- uses it's own 
>       or procedure1's vars
>       or main globals
> end function2
> 
> -- no code allowed here
> 
> procedure3()
> -- uses it's own 
>       or procedure1's vars
>       or main globals
> end procedure3
> 
> -- procedure1 code here
> -- can call function2 
>      or procedure3
>      or any other normal call
> 
> end -- procedure1
> 
> Like i said, procedure1 can be moved to an include.e, with function2 and 
> procedure3 local to that include.e file. It's just a thought. Possibly the
> scope
> methods could treat the nested system a little differently <shrug>. I found 
> apps ran faster if i used vars local to procedure1 with function2 and 
> procedure3, rather than passing anything when i called them, and this 
> nesting guaranteed nothing leaked from procedure1.
> 
> Kat
> 
> 
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