The paradigm of containers and self-referenced names

[Andre Garzia]

didn't someone create a plugin that would scan the script code and 
create declarations for undeclared vars? :-/

cheers
andre

On Mar 24, 2005, at 3:50 PM, Klaus Major wrote:

> Hi Jaqueline and Mark,
>
>> On 3/23/05 3:03 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
>>
>>> Ken-
>>> Wednesday, March 23, 2005, 8:58:13 AM, you wrote:
>>> KR> I think that if Rev were modified so that it would not accept 
>>> unquoted
>>> KR> strings to be assigned to variables we'd be in a much better 
>>> place, and it
>>> KR> wouldn't give aid to "sloppy" (IMHO) programming.
>>> Menu:
>>> Edit | Preferences | Script Editor | Variable checking by default
>>> Why this isn't on by default is beyond me except that it would force
>>> many programmers to clean up their code. If this had been left to me,
>>> I wouldn't even have made it an option.
>
> Thank god, i has not been left to you!
>
>> And you would have reaped the ire of those involved in 20 years of 
>> xtalk legacy. ;)
>>
>> For those of us who have used all the various forms of xtalk over lo 
>> these many years, the lack of variable typing and the ability to use 
>> variables without first declaring them is a major breakthrough 
>> feature of a modern programming language.
>>
>> I still do not declare variables except under some rare specific 
>> instances. I consider it a freedom.
>
> YES! Freedom of choice.
>
>> When I read scripts written by those who do declare lists of locals 
>> inside their handlers, it looks messy to me and I wonder why they 
>> don't just go off and use Basic where it is a requirement. All that 
>> "dimming" really puts me off.
>>
>> Is it sloppy programming to use a language as it was intended?
>
> Amen to this, sister :-)
>
> C'mom Mark, show a bit of tolerance to scripters who are not coming 
> from
> "dogmatic" programming languages like C etc nor do have a "programming"
> background at all like me...
>
> And just relax or play some rounds of "nine ball"* :-)
>
> *It has declared locals, if that will help you to relax...
>
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
> Regards and happy Easter
>
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> http://www.major-k.de
>
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