Re: working example File::Taill

From: Uri Guttman (uri_at_stemsystems.com)
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:34:36 GMT

>>>>> "A" == Abhinav <Me@myco.com> writes:

  A> Couldnt this be a disadvantage in big projects, where declaring
  A> criables at the top of the appropriate scope allows ppl to find *all*
  A> the variabled in that *unit* in a single place, rather than strewn all
  A> across .. ?

why would you want to see all the variables in one place? they are out
of context and many are in the wrong scope. use scoping at the primary
reason not to do this. then simplicity of code as the second.

how about this reason i just saw recently? i rewrote a module that had
all the variables declared at the top. and i found some that weren't
used any more. if they had been delcare when first used and then deleted
you wouldn't have that problem.

  A> I understand this is a matter of style ..but still .. any inputs/comments ?

it is style sure, but the strong consensus is that it is poor style.

uri 

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