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From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+lists/caml/news/@RUM.cs.yale.edu>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: Undefined evaluation order
Date: 10 Oct 2000 15:26:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <39e36d5e$1@tequila.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010081528360.11237-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>

>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Rogoff <bpr@best.com> writes:
> optimizations, but it is mentioned that this usually leads to clearer
> programs.  I'm sure the bytecode compiler argument is valid, but not the code
> clarity one, since it sounds similar to an argument that having uninitialized
> variables is clearer since it forces you to make values explicit, and I don't
> believe that.

I don't think it can be compared that way.  Using let does not introduce
grey-areas like uninitialized variables.  All it does is give a name to
an intermediate value.  This will usually improve the readability of the
code, unless the name is poorly chosen.


        Stefan



  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-10-11 19:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-10-05 18:14 Brian Rogoff
2000-10-06  2:02 ` Ken Wakita
2000-10-06 11:18   ` Pierpaolo BERNARDI
2000-10-07  6:46     ` Ken Wakita
2000-10-08 15:43 ` David Mentré
2000-10-08 22:47   ` Brian Rogoff
2000-10-10 12:47     ` Thorsten Ohl
2000-10-10 20:52       ` Brian Rogoff
2000-10-10 19:26     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2000-10-09 12:45 ` Xavier Leroy
2000-10-10 12:46 Greg Morrisett
2000-10-10 18:55 John R Harrison
2000-10-10 19:23 David McClain
2000-10-11 12:22 Greg Morrisett
2000-10-11 20:35 ` Pierre Weis
2000-10-13  7:05   ` Judicael Courant
2000-10-13 14:21     ` Markus Mottl
2000-10-16  8:38       ` Christophe Raffalli
2000-10-16 15:48         ` Brian Rogoff
2000-10-16 16:29           ` Christophe Raffalli
2000-10-17  9:19             ` Ralf Treinen
2000-10-12  9:53 Dave Berry
2000-10-12 11:32 Greg Morrisett
2000-10-12 17:06 David McClain
2000-10-13 13:56 Dave Berry
2000-10-14  1:42 David McClain
2000-10-20 14:59 Gerard Huet

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