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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:21:11 -0600
Subject: Re: Closures in leu of pointers?
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On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> # The alternative for either program or people is a 1-pass + backtracking
> process where all understandings are kept provisional until the end of the
> body and revised as required. 2 passes are simpler.

Or simply an explicit declaration of scope at the beginning of the
function definition.