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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 16/07/2018 a las 15:02, Sven Barth
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<div dir="ltr">Santiago A. <<a
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<p>I have some suggestions of change to freepascal
syntax, just to debate<br>
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<p>(All are backward compatible)</p>
<p>- Declaring variables inside blocks, and loop
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<div dir="auto">-> reduces readability -> no interest <br>
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I think the opposite.<br>
The nearer the declaration to the code where you use it, the better.<br>
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<p> - Autofree pointers<br>
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<div dir="auto">Might come, though not in that way (take your
example: what if you pass the instance to some other code that
stores it beyond the life time of the function) <br>
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In such cases, you don't declare it "auto". Just as you don't free a
pointer in the function you declare it if you pass the instance to
another code that stores it beyond the life time of the function<br>
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<p> - Try except finally blocks<br>
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<div dir="auto">This had been proposed some time ago and was
declined after quite some discussion (either here or on
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<p> - Private declarations in implementation<br>
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<div dir="auto">Again this reduces readability and thus no
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Once again, I think the opposite.<br>
It's not very readable a class where you have to skim through 100
lines of private declaration that you don't care, because you can do
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<div dir="auto">Regards, </div>
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Saludos
Santiago A.
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