I have always used explicit variable checking since the first language that had the option. I make spelling errors now and again this has saved me more than a few times. I like that repeat loops vars do not have be declared. This make the top of the code cleaner. I agree that cleaner and leaner the better but I live with the local statements at the top. By the way, Putting local statements anywhere but at the top is crazy. VB6 allows this as well as LC but I never do it.
In short I have used strict compile mode since the first time I fired up LC. It was one of the first things I looked for when perusing the pref screens and turned it on. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:01 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Explicit Variables again On 10/19/12 11:41 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > If I also take the time to declare every variable (or, as we've seen, > most variables, since apparently not all require declaration under > explicitVars), that's just extra stuff to revise while I'm also > revising code. So I can see how it would be a benefit to some, but for > me it just slows me down. That's my style too. And I like short, concise code, and having all that extra stuff at the top of each handler just visually annoys me. Typos are almost never a problem for me. I only type variable names once when I first write them. I have a custom frontscript that includes a whole lot of handy things, one of which is the ability to insert or replace the selection with whatever word I point at. When I need to use an existing variable, I just point at the original and hit a keyboard shortcut and the variable name goes into the script with no typing. If the handler is longer than the script window (very rare for me) then I use copy/paste or the replace dialog. I've been doing this for years and I virtually never have a misspelled variable name. I do misspell other things, but the compiler tells me it can't find the handler, or that the line as written doesn't make sense. The result is tight code that reads like a story without any interruptions in conceptualization. It seems to me that's the whole point of the language -- it eliminates all the extra cruft that other languages require. I suppose that's my HyperCard background coming through, but then again, HC set the bar. I'd be interested in the results if someone sets up a poll to see how many people use explicit variables. I've always thought it was a minority but maybe that's not so. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
