Re: "Back & Forth" - Local variables

albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:

 
Because it is a design mistake of a language to give the same name to
two different functionalities, merely because they happen to have the
same behaviour in a certain implementation.
 

A given behavior may play different roles in different contexts. Giving
names to a behavior that fit the roles it plays provides clarity of
intent.  For example, COUNT is associated with conversion of a
counted-string.  However, its behavior is also well suited in running
along any string, or portion of string, in memory and fetching its
characters. In this latter role using the name C@++ would not give the
false impression of a counted-string being in play.

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me