On May 27, 2008, at 3:08 AM, Dave Bass wrote: >>> I really wish I was forced to declare all my variables. > Roger Pack wrote: >> why do you wish for that? > > declare x1 = 0 > declare x, y, z = x1 + 2 > > xl = z * y + x > > => Error: variable xl undeclared. > (Perhaps you mean x or x1?) This will be caught the first time you try to read x1. (To say nothing of your numerous unit tests, right? :) ///ark