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Dar Scott dsc at swcp.com
Fri Jul 8 19:24:52 EDT 2016


I think "block" is good in your usage.  My sense is just twisted to fit my warped way of looking at things.  


> On Jul 8, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Monte Goulding <monte at appisle.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 9 Jul 2016, at 8:33 AM, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> - declaring variables at the top of the handler or in the block they are used. Ali and I do the latter and Peter B thinks it's poor style because we don't have block scoped variables.
>> 
>> I usually write small handlers so it doesn't matter, but in a recent project I wrote some very long handlers and I switched to your way to stay organize and document.  (I probably should have sat back and organized my thoughts and used small handlers.)
>> 
>> I'm assuming "block" in a casual sense of a blank line or two and a line or two of comments followed by code.  
>> 
>> Are there some potential problems in declaring variables this way?  
> 
> Ah, sorry I should have said scope where I said block. What I mean is:
> 
> on handler
>   local tVarUsedEverywhereInHandler
>   if something then
>      local tVarJustUsedWithinThisCondition
>      ...
>   end if
> ...
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