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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Declaring Variables

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JerBil
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Posted: 15th Sep 2004 11:05
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Is there any benefit to declaring variables, even if they are "empty" before the main program loop? I often throw a variable in somewhere as I go. This is actually a compiler question, I guess.

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Dot Merix
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Posted: 15th Sep 2004 11:10
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If it was c++, then yes.. it can make a difference.

In darkbasic, i havent really found any reason to, besides making your code look a little nicer..

ie..

playerone_obj = 1
load object "playerone.x",playerone_obj

In this sense, it's easier to know what's going on with your code instead of having numbers

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the_winch
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Posted: 15th Sep 2004 11:16
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I guess if they ever get around to adding forced variable declaration you won't have to change a lot of code to take advantage or it. Also the $ and # characters often make variable names more difficult to type.


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Indian Homie G
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Posted: 15th Sep 2004 11:43
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Unless it doesnt start out at 0, then there's no big difference really, on the contrary, it might actually HELP a bit. Because if you only "define" the variable when you're using it, its one less variable for the compiler to keep track of .

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JerBil
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Posted: 16th Sep 2004 00:29
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Thanks, guys.
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