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

[Sven Barth]

Am 18.10.2010 20:21, schrieb Vannus:
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> On 18 October 2010 15:33, Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com
> <mailto:pascaldragon at googlemail.com>> wrote:
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>     Am 18.10.2010 16:20, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
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>         Object Pascal is a simple, beautiful and easy to read language.
>         The FPC
>         team tries to keep it that way.
>
>
>     And that is why I like the FPC team so much. :D
>
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> agreed.
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> When I went from C++ to Pascal back in 98/99, I found it quite hard
> initially. Not being able to put variables anywhere & everywhere was
> really awkward, but it dawned on me that I shouold be coding better.
> Since then, i would say "If you need vars throughout your code, then
> something is wrong with your code"

Makes you wonder why the ReactOS devs always declare their variables at 
the beginning of the functions (they're using C). :P Take a look at the 
source files of ntoskrnl for example.

Regards,
Sven