[M3devel] introducing VAR in more places?

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 02:05:46PM +0000, Jay wrote:
> Agreed!
> C++ vs. WITH, C++ wins by not indenting unnecessarily.
> See that change I was fiddling with in Time.m3 for examle.
>  
> Hm. Can we get consensus on a language change? :)
>  
> BEGIN  VAR a := 1;
>   IO.PutInt(a);
>   VAR b := 2, (* ? *) 
>          c := 3; (* ? *) 
>   IO.PutInt(b);
>  
> ? Easier to require "VAR" on each, a bit wordy.
>  
>  - Jay

That would work.  But I'd use CONST more than VAR (if I had a choice)
And I'd like to be able to specify the type.  I'm a fanatic about making 
types explicit.

-- hendrik