[fpc-pascal] Can variables be declared within a block?

[Reimar Grabowski]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:21:57 +0100
Vannus <vannus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since then, i would say "If you need vars throughout your code, then
> something is wrong with your code"
for (int i = 0;...)
Can't see anything wrong. I use declaration of variables inside blocks quite often in Java and C++ but have never missed it in pascal. Please enlighten me. What is so bad about creating temporary variables inside blocks instead of the beginning of a function in a language that supports it?

R.
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