Re: Symbol tables and scopes

>> Figure that a name is declared in very few blocks, but some blocks contain
>> very many names. Typically, the outermost scope contains hundreds of
>> global names that are never redeclared. I believe this is called the "Big
>> Inhale"


> Depends on the language and programming style. It may be true for
>C, Pascal and similiar languages, but i question the validity on a
>typical C++ program for example. Definitely a reasonably well designed
>program will attempt to minimize the # of global variables, if the
>language allows it.


My experience is that a typical C++ program consists almost entirely
of names with global scope. Note that this includes types, constants,
members, etc. Pretty much everything in a header file.


I almost never see #include... anywhere but a top-level scope. And my
experience with C++ is that most of the program moves into the header
file.


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mac the naïf

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