Certainly good to have naming conventions. Unfortunately, it doesn't prevent the infamous "name shadows another variable" compile error. Although I seem to be getting far fewer of those now I've moved to more recent LC versions.
On Mon Feb 16 2015 at 3:55:51 PM Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote: > The simple way to avoid that in the future is what many have suggested for > the eons we have been posting on this list: Name your variables in such a > way that they *cannot* conflict. For instance, globals should start with a > g as in gFormApp. Local variables might start with an l (some say p but > others say that should be for passed parameters). It’s really up to you. > the important thing is that simply by looking at a variable, you can know > it’s “scope” (pseudo scope I suppose since LC does not really scope > variables). > > Bob S > > > > On Feb 16, 2015, at 13:19 , Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 11:07 AM, J. Landman Gay < > jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Is the global declared at the top of the script? Are you trying to use a > >> local variable in a handler with the same name as the global? > >> > >> > > no & nope. > > > > There is a single local variable declared outside of any scripts (to flag > > initialization when returning to the mainstack). No globals declared > > outside of handlers. > > > > These are declared global inside handlers, so declaring them local should > > cause an error with strict compilation. > > > > When I step through, the array gets elements, and they disappear when > > returning to the calling program. > > > > -- > > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > > (702) 508-8462 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
