Hi,

On 4/14/05, David A. Black <dblack / wobblini.net> wrote:

> Local variables have the advantage of being 'scratch-pad'-like.  You
> don't have to worry about outside access, nor about using the same
> variable name twice in different scopes at the same level.  If these
> things are no longer the case, then the change is pretty deep.

Thank you. You just did a much better job of explaining this than I
did; What you said is exactly what I was thinking :)

cheers,
Mark