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Not widely known problem in programming? (Developers)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 29.03.2021, 22:26

> They are both correct. You simply cannot reference a local variable from a
> different local procedure and expect it to be reliable (sometimes it will
> work and other times it won't). You can only reference local variables
> from within the same procedure that declared them -- that's why they are
> called local.

The exception is of course if you pass local variable references from one function to another function, where the latter is currently being called from within the former.

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• Not widely known problem in programming? - Laaca, 27.03.2021, 20:06 (Developers)
  • Not widely known problem in programming? - ecm, 27.03.2021, 20:30
    • Not widely known problem in programming? - tkchia, 28.03.2021, 08:02
      • Not widely known problem in programming? - marcov, 28.03.2021, 17:44
      • Not widely known problem in programming? - bretjohn, 29.03.2021, 20:03
        • Not widely known problem in programming? - Laaca, 29.03.2021, 22:24
          • Not widely known problem in programming? - bretjohn, 29.03.2021, 23:02
            • Not widely known problem in programming? - marcov, 30.03.2021, 12:05
        • Not widely known problem in programming? - ecm, 29.03.2021, 22:26
  • Not widely known problem in programming? - ecm, 28.03.2021, 21:52
    • Not widely known problem in programming? - Laaca, 29.03.2021, 05:04