[thelist] Justification for Proper Scoping?
deke
web at master.gen.in.us
Sun Apr 22 05:32:02 CDT 2001
On 22 Apr 2001, at 3:43, Frank posted a message which said:
> I've got a situation where one of the people I work with doesn't
> scope his variables. I want to ask him to do so, but other than to
> say "It's good form" or "I prevents errors" i can't offer a valid
> answer. Can someone suggest why variables should be prefixed with
> URL. Form., etc...?
Normally, preventing hard-to-debug errors is the reason
for scoping.
"It's good form" only works if you're the boss, and everyone
knows it's short for "It's good form, I want it done that way,
and if you won't do it, you need to find another job"
Scoping doesn't prevent cavities, conserve energy, or get
you into heaven.
I suppose you could tell your coworker that Michael
McDermott was stressed out because his coworkers
weren't scoping their variables, and mention a little
later that your dog was trying to convince you to call
in sick today, so you could clean your AK-47....
deke
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