Re: Pointers to "why C behaves like that ?"

This strikes me as as much of a maintenance headache as any of the
other possibilities. Try to use the variable before the "let" and
you've got an error. Might as well declare the variable separately
from referencing it and be done with it, even if you don't (or don't
have to) declare any attributes.


thp@cs.ucr.edu wrote:
> There is still the argument that a typo might create a new variable
> instead of a syntax error, e.g.:
>
> fumds = funds + income;
>
> but, unless the typo is repeated, e.g.:
>
> funds = fumds - expenditures;
>
> the typo will produce an unused-variable warning. To insure against
> such repeated typos, the language can require a keyword to accompany
> the introduction of a new variable, e.g.:
>
> let profit = income - expenditures;
>
> In such a case the first typo above would produce a syntax error.

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