Re: on allowing "int a" definition everywhere

On 02/09/2024 04:32, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:59:13 +0100, Bart wrote:
 

     void draw_line(f32 x, y, x2, y2; u32 colour) {
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- Allow shared types in parameter lists ...

 A bit easier if you flip it around and use Pascal-style syntax:
      procedure draw_line(x, y, x2, y2 : f32; colour : u32)
 See how much more natural that is?

It becomes a bit less natural when you want to initialise a variable at the same time, or want define a default value for a parameter.
Pascal didn't allow either of those. Current languages that use 'var x:T' style tend to put such an expression after the type: 'var x:T = expr'.
That's ugly and unwieldy (with the type spec slap in the middle), becoming even more so when declaring several variables with the same type: where do those expressions go?