Re: local variables and scope

[Olivier Mascia <om-lists@...>]

> Follows a nice script to detect missing "local" declarations and other
> "wrong" uses of global variables.
>
> Simply put it in your path and add  require"strict" to your program
> (or call "lua -lstrict").
>
> -- Roberto
>
> -- strict.lua
> -- checks uses of undeclared global variables
> -- All global variables must be 'declared' through a regular  
> assignment
> -- (even assigning nil will do) in a main chunk before being used
> -- anywhere or assigned to inside a function.

Excellent. Thanks.
Are there considerations for a future major release to have this  
strict behaviour a default of the language? Wouldn't it considerably  
help using mainly local variables except where global trully  
intended? Could this strictness be enforced (by default in a future  
major version or optionally in a future minor version) at byte-code  
compile time?

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Olivier Mascia