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Re: Blocks for scope control

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On 01/20/2012 07:34 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
>> { final Button button = new Button(); frame.add( button ); }
>
>    I also use blocks to clarify the scope of a comment
>    (when extracting a method is no better solution):
>
> alpha();
> { /* add a button to the frame */
>    final Button button = new Button();
>    frame.add( button ); }
> beta();
>
>    I teach both the use of omitable [sic] »final« keywords and the
>    use of omitable blocks (which both serve only to enhance
>    readability) in my classes right from the beginnig. In fact,
>    I start to teach /all/ variable declaration and parameter
>    declarations with »final« and later explain when »final« can
>    be removed.
>
>    (Many English dictionaries do not have an entry »omitable« [sic].
>    This word is intended to mean the following above: An omitable [sic]
>    part of the source code often [but not necessarily always]
>    can be removed without changing the behavior of the program.)

Dictionaries frequently do not list all possible inflections of a word. In 
this case they undoubtedly leave it to the normal rules of English to produce 
"omittable" (note the double "t") without a separate entry.

-- 
Lew
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Blocks for scope control Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-15 11:50 -0400
  Re: Blocks for scope control Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-15 17:10 +0100
  Re: Blocks for scope control Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-15 17:32 +0100
    Re: Blocks for scope control Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 11:21 -0800
    Re: Blocks for scope control Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-16 07:59 +0100
  Re: Blocks for scope control markspace <-@.> - 2012-01-15 09:57 -0800
    Re: Blocks for scope control Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 11:28 -0800
  Re: Blocks for scope control Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 11:00 -0800
    Re: Blocks for scope control Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-15 17:49 -0400
      Re: Blocks for scope control Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 15:45 -0800
        Re: Blocks for scope control Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-19 21:54 -0400
          Re: Blocks for scope control Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-20 08:41 +0100
            Re: Blocks for scope control Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-20 15:24 -0800
            Re: Blocks for scope control Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-20 19:30 -0400
              Re: Blocks for scope control Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-20 15:54 -0800
      Re: Blocks for scope control Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-16 07:55 +0100
        Re: Blocks for scope control Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-19 21:16 -0400
          Re: Blocks for scope control Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-21 13:25 +0100
            Re: Blocks for scope control Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-01-21 10:41 -0400
              Re: Blocks for scope control Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-22 13:03 +0100
  Re: Blocks for scope control Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-16 06:09 -0800
    Re: Blocks for scope control Henk van Voorthuijsen <voorth@xs4all.nl> - 2012-01-16 07:03 -0800
  Re: Blocks for scope control Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-01-17 18:43 -0500
  Re: Blocks for scope control Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-20 11:05 -0800
  Re: Blocks for scope control Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-01-20 12:11 -0800
  Re: Blocks for scope control Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-06 21:24 -0500

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