Hi Melchior,
Melchior Franz wrote:
> Most people seem to think that "var" in Nasal is a kind of
> redundant decoration, and really just noise. It isn't.
> In fact, I consider Nasal code *not* using it broken.
I must admit that I was completely unaware of this restriction in Nasal. Like
many people I had falsely assumed that non-var variables were local in scope,
even though with a bit of thought it should have been obvious that this was
wrong. Thanks very much for clarifying it.
I think this is important enough that it should be added to the Nasal pages of
the wiki, to help educate new contributers. Otherwise they'll get into bad
habits and you'll have to write a similar email in a year or so.
I'd suggest simply including the statement that all variables should be
declared as "var" in a syntax section at the top, with the explanation as a
footnote.
I've quickly gone over my recent patches for the chat system and they both look
correct in this regard, though it is possible that I have missed one or two.
Best Regards,
-Stuart
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