I think this is a matter of taste. I feel that it is better practice to declare as one goes. It is easier to read such code, and one is less likely to leave unused but still declared variables lying around after changing code.

Regards,
Mike

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>From: jpff 
>Sent: Apr 29, 2007 5:58 AM
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>Cc: csound-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Could not compile current CVS
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>Declaring as one goes leads to sloppy code -- not thinking and so on.
>I spend so much of my time trying to educate the young in coding that
>I dislike the undermining of good practice by language designers.  And
>yes I have designed languages.
>==John ffitch
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