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RE: Uninitialized Variables

• Posted by Rod Jackson <rodjackson_x at hotmail.com> Mar 24, 2002
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Derek Parnell wrote:
<snip>
>   c) Unfortunatly, INF is a valid value in its own right, and can be used 
>   in
> situations other than checking for uninitialized variables.
> 
> The problem really needs to be addressed inside the core Eu interpreter. 
> It
> knows if a variable is truely initialized or not. The changes are 
> simple.
>    - Allow uninitialized variables to be passed as parameters.
>    - Create a built-in way of testing a variable's initialization state.
> 
> and possibly
> 
>    - Create a built-in way of setting a variable's state back to
> uninitialized.
> 
> This will not break any existing code, and will enable people to write 
> more
> robust code.

But uninitialized variables are caught at "compile" time. Why
would you want to wait until runtime to catch them? What would
be the point?

Rod