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Re: Why not declare?

• Posted by Irv Mullins <mountains at MINDSPRING.COM> Jan 28, 1998
• 645 views

At 12:25 AM 1/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Matt Williams writes:
>> Why not just have a DECLARE keyword or
>> something that lets you declare all
>> procedures, functions, and types that will be used later.
>
Borland's pascal uses the FORWARD directive to
pre-define procs/functions, handy if you really need it, but see below.

>I also feel there is some benefit in the
>language forcing you to order your
>routines in some way. I think it helps
>with maintenance and understanding,
>especially of other people's code.

Right! If I am going to wade through a mess of spaghetti, I want it
to be the kind with meat sauce, thank you. Besides, forward declarations
surely must add some overhead, maybe slow down the works a little ?

Irv
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