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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Tue, 11 May 1993 21:03:58 MST
Date: Tue, 11 May 1993 20:58:15 MST
From: "Clint Jeffery" <cjeffery>
Message-Id: <199305120358.AA17912@chuckwalla.cs.arizona.edu>
To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
In-Reply-To: (Steve Holden's message of 5 May 93 09:05:31 GMT <4052.9305050905@desktop.desktop.co.uk>
Subject: Icon improvements ...
Status: R
Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
Steve Holden writes that he wants to be able to declare local variables
inside any pair of {} braces:
> Not knowing the guts of the systems I'm not sure how easy it would be to
> alter Icon's syntax and semantics. Would this be a reasonable request
> for enhancement?
Sure, but who is going to implement it? There is no funding for stuff like
this, so volunteers are welcome.
Personally, I like the idea. I keep copious notes of things people request
like this, and I bet others do too, so it is not a waste to ask for things!
Clint Jeffery
cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu