Force of habit. And there are many languages that require variable checking. And indeed typing. Like C, C++, C#, VB , Python, JS, AS, ST, Perl, and on and on. Anyway it's one of Revolution strengths not to requiring variable typing and creation.
On 5/9/09 4:09 PM, "Richmond Mathewson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Funny, I've never declared a variable in Runtime Revolution; I thought that > was something that went out with PASCAL: even my BBC doesn't require me > to that in BBC BASIC. I remember feeling 'odd' when I got my BBC (ah, all > those years ago, out in the desert) that BBC BASIC didn't even need the > LET statement > anymore. > > May be this is a goofy question; but it can probably bear > the asking one more time: > > What, if any, is the advantage of declaring variables in RR ? > > and, just to show you exactly how goofy I am: > > How do you declare variables in RR ? > > Mark Wieder wrote: >> Stephen- >> >> Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11:10:46 AM, you wrote: >> >> >>> Ok I just created a new stack and put: >>> >> >> >>> local temp >>> put "1234" into temp >>> put "1234" into kemp >>> >> >> >>> And it compiles with no errors. Maybe I missed a checkbox someplace. Is >>> "Strict Compilation Mode" in the Script Editor section the only option that >>> has to be enabled? >>> >> >> OK - I think I see what you're doing. If I just put that into a script >> then I can compile it with or without strict compilation mode. But >> then there's nothing to execute. I'm not really clear on what is >> getting compiled at that point. I think as far as the compiler is >> concerned there's no code to run, so there's nothing to compile. >> >> Try this: >> >> on mouseUp >> local temp >> >> put "1234" into temp >> put "1234" into kemp >> end mouseUp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
