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Re: Euphoria Standard Library on UBoard

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Jul 31, 2005
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Jason Gade wrote:
> Robert Craig wrote:
> <snip>
> > You and Matt seem to be talking about the same problem and same
> > proposed solution. As you might recall, I was initially enthusiastic
> > about the solution, but later when it came time to actually implement
> > it, I realized that there were a couple of negative aspects that I hadn't
> > really thought of when it was first discussed, so I put it aside.
> > 
> > On January 31, 2005 I wrote:
> > >
> > >   1. The change was going to add complexity and subtlety to
> > >      namespace rules that many people already had trouble
> > >      remembering.
> > >
> > >   2. After porting thousands of lines of C code to Euphoria 
> > >      (i.e. the front-end), I had a couple of nasty cases where I 
> > >      accidentally declared a global variable in two different files.
> > >      No error message was given, yet I was updating two different
> > >      variables, not one. It took a while to figure out what was 
> > >      happening. Since the proposed change to the namespace rules
> > >      would increase the chances of this sort of bug going
> > >      undetected, I considered that to be a negative thing,
> > >      that would partially offset the positive effect of fewer 
> > >      spurious error reports.
> 
> The interpreter or translator could issue a warning...

Yes, that could be useful.

Thanks,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com