Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:11:02 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: c99/c++ localised variable definition Message-ID: <xzpr7k4gz2x.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20050128173327.GI61409@myrddin.originative.co.uk> (Paul Richards's message of "Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:33:27 %2B0000") References: <20050128173327.GI61409@myrddin.originative.co.uk>
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Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> writes: > People used to programming in C++ or Perl (and many others) are used > to defining variables as near to use as possible. This have never been > possible before in C, but now with c99 it is. It's a very bad idea, because you can introduce new variables whenever you feel like, but you can't destroy them. Defining variables at the top of the scope forces you to think about which variables you need and how long they will live. Defining them on an ad hoc basis leads to sloppy programming and stack abuse. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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