OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria Interpreter design

• Posted by Don Groves <groves at ACM.ORG> Feb 22, 1999
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At 11:50 2/23/99 +1100, Smith Ray wrote:
>Hello again,
>
>I guess this email is for Rob Craig ...
>
>The single pass design of the Euphoria Interpreter has the draw back that
>all procedures / functions have to be defined before usage. I find that
>it results in my source code to be poorly organised.
>
>I know you can use "routine_id" but I was wondering ...
>
>How difficult would it be for the Euphoria Interpreter to read the entire
>source file and create an "entry point" table before execution begins ...
>then procedures and functions could be executed from anywhere.
>
>I imagine this would also force all lines of code to be checked for syntax
>errors as well.  An added bonus.

I find that not having forward references *enhances* code
organization, not the reverse.   You just have to learn to
read your files from the bottom up 
--
Don Groves