Re: local variables and scope

[Chris Marrin <chris@...>]

Diego Nehab wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > What were the design motivations leading to all variables being 
> > global, and limiting them to the block scope only when 'local' is used ?
> > Why not the reverse (all variables local to block scope expect where 
> > noted 'global') ?
>
>
> You can read about the great "Globals-Locals by default" war anywhere 
> between these two threads:
>
>     4 Aug 2005
>     http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2005-08/msg00132.html
>
>     14 Nov 1997
>     http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/1997-11/msg00018.html
>
> Hundreds of good programmers have been killed in the conflict.
> In the end, the "Globals" tribe won.  Let's not start another one...

In the second incarnation of this battle I came in swinging for the 
"locals-by-default" corps and was quickly converted to the other camp 
with this single missive:

   http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2005-08/msg00139.html

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