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Re: lectures about "programming methodology"

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On 5/7/2013 5:45 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:

> int f( final int i ){ return i == 0 ? 1 : i * f( i - 1 ); }
>
>    . To understand this, it is vital to understand that »i« has
>    only a single scope, but can have many (in this case:
>    nested) lifetimes.

OK, I have to disagree with this.  At minimum, I disagree that 
"lifetimes" is the correct word here.

"Copy" is a better word than "lifetime."  So is "stack frame."  By the 
time one wants to talk about recursion, introducing correct terminology 
is the best way, imo.  We just had a discussion here on c.l.j.p about 
concurrency, and folks who can't keep track of what's on the stack and 
what's on the heap have a hard time of it.  Learning correctly is 
important in school.

But I also agree more with the class instructor.  "Scope" is the correct 
term here.  The scope of i is the body of the method f.  That its value 
may exist elsewhere is completely orthogonal to a discussion of scope.

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Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-06 21:46 -0400
  Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 13:45 +0300
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2013-05-07 15:52 +0300
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-05-07 09:44 -0700
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-07 21:37 -0400
  Re: lectures about "programming methodology" David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2013-05-07 18:10 -0400
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-07 21:38 -0400
      Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-08 17:48 -0300
        Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-12 22:17 -0400
          Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-17 19:35 -0300
            Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 18:53 -0400
              Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 19:02 -0400
                Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-05-17 20:14 -0300
                Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-17 19:29 -0400
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