Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately

From	mt <mahdert@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c.moderated
Subject	Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately
Date	2013-10-03 13:37 -0500
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On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 5:42:10 PM UTC-4, yoodavid wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why some writers decide to declare and 
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> write definitions for variables separately, rather than 
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> together?
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> That is:
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> int definelater;
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> ...
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> definelater = 0;
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> rather than:
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> int definelater = 0;
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> wouldn't the later reduce code lines? 
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> thanks. 
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I don't really know, and I am sure there is a good explanation for it. But from my own coding experience, I prefer to initialize variables when I declare them because if you don't, it may be some random number and you could use it and not get an error that its being used. 
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why do some writers declare and define variables separately yoodavid <odimegwudavid@yahoo.fr> - 2013-09-18 16:42 -0500
  Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately mt <mahdert@gmail.com> - 2013-10-03 13:37 -0500
    Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-10-08 16:38 -0500
      Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately ThosRTanner <ttanner2@bloomberg.net> - 2013-10-22 16:36 -0500
        Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately Jens Schmidt <Jens.Schmidt-HH@gmx.de> - 2013-10-24 20:10 -0500
        Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2013-10-24 20:10 -0500
          Re: why do some writers declare and define variables separately Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2013-10-25 19:36 -0500

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