On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:18 PM, David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Paul Stadig <p...@stadig.name> wrote: > >> I may be missing something, but how does having to (declare) vars fix >> typos? I don't think anyone is suggesting *creating* a var that is >> referenced before it is defined. What people are asking for is that the >> compiler looks-ahead to verify that the var will eventually be defined, and >> then go on its merry way. Typos would still be discovered, and people >> wouldn't have to stop and (declare). >> > > Yeah I wasn't suggesting that vars should be created, sorry if it sounded > like I was (I mentioned declare because this came up in another thread about > declare and someone had hacked the reader to not bail immediately on > undefined symbols). > Sorry, my fault. I was just responding in general, not to you specifically. > > In CL, if you have definitions out of order in the compiler will issue > warnings. > > >> >> I'm not saying it's an easy change... >> >> >> Paul >> > Could someone post the link to the previous discussion? I searched the group for declare, but didn't turn up anything. Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
