null [re: spec#]

so so at so.do
Mon Nov 8 22:12:20 PST 2010


> There's no usage of an undeclared variable, but the right-hand-side of  
> the
> second line uses 'i' before *the programmer* initializes it. Yes, the D
> compiler chooses to automatically initialize it, but by doing so it  
> silently
> creates a bug every time the programmer intends 'i' to start out as  
> anything
> other than 0. And it's not easily noticed since 0 is a commonly-used  
> value.
> (Something like 0xDEADBEEF would at least be an improvement (albeit a  
> small
> one) since at least that would stand out more and likely fail more
> spectacularly.)

So you want language force you to type either "int x=0;" or "int x=void;".
Fair enough and i agree it "might" be a bit better. But you are making it  
as it is something so much important.
Again, for both coder and the code-reader there is no ambiguity here,  
every single thing is defined.

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