Re: Expression-local variables and 'let'

Quoting Isaac Gouy <[email protected]>:

> Or the alternative approach of upsetting them all equally ;-(

ouch!
 
> No doubt the differing views have to do with the coding styles being
> used. Seems like in Nice by default I use single assignment "let"
> throughout the code and then change to an explicit type or var if
> needed. 

Yes, me too.

> These imperative usages read well:
>    let s = shortName(c.getName);
> 
> and as I use this form a lot, giving them up doesn't seem like a great
> idea. 
> 
> It is a little scary to catch myself writing things like this ;-)
>    let s = shortName(c.getName);
>    let s' = s + ...

I think this is normal when you are writing in a functional style.

> (maybe I should give-up and use a real fp language)

ouch!!!

- Brian





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