# POSSIBLY SPAM #::RE: var chk'r ?? Hold the phone

[Stephen Barncard]

AHA! This solves something that's been driving me crazy for weeks.
I would do a quick script for something and find that I'd always get 
errors if I didn't declare all variables, including locals!!! The 
docs say you don't *have* to declare locals....

That 'variable checking' thing  was enabled by default....

Thanks, Mr. X

sqb

>Sorry for the inprecise terms...
>
>If you go to the script editor, pull the script menu, you will find
>"Variable Checking" which enforces a local "explicitvariables"
>for that script. IOWs, it checks your variables and messages or
>references.
>
>This forces you to declare all variables but the big advantage is that
>it will catch any typos in variables which are too easy to make...
>
>Note that there is a similar feature in the preferences stack but for
>default
>behavior across all your scripts.
>
>cheers
>Xavier
>