On 11/13/2013 09:16 PM, Sieghard wrote: > Yes, with enough implementation effort on the side of the compiler, it > can. I understand that this is exactly what Marin is up to. :-)
> Algol_did_ provide block local variables within enclosing blocks, though OK. If you or Martin think an additional block is syntactically necessary or sensible, I would not vote against it, even though I never had a problem with the "slobby" gnu C style with variables declared just when needed: I think it readable just fine instead of int test(int par) { int i; ... ... ... i := par; ... ... ... } doing int test(int par) { ... ... ... int i := par; ... ... ... } -Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk