Re: Rationale for some rules in style guide

[Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 01:53:30PM +0300, Valery Ushakov wrote:
> 
> That might have been a concern when all variable definitions had to be
> at the beginning of a block and when you were more likely to read
> program listings printed out on paper :) This is probably less
> relevant now.
> 

It is sad that people today don't know the simple pleasures of life,
code review using a print out and red pen :D

> (Also, for the example you give one had to know that "indicator" is the
> same type - or at least the same size as "height" :).
> 

Not really, scan down the declarations stopping on each line when past
the sorted order, easier than an exhaustive search.

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