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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I almost upvoted but for that last sentence. Code block scopes are most intuitive, and JavaScript has become a better language since it gained them.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

Yeah I use it too. But when I have to read somebody's code or my own from a while ago, I prefer everything labeled at the top. That way I can read the top, jump anywhere, and know what is going on without looking at any other lines.

It's a preference that can be argued like dynamic typing.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I guess you could make a rule of declaring your variables at the top of their scope, be it a class, a function or a code block. That would give clarity without needlessly expanding any scopes.

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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 points 2 years ago

I'm not talking about dynamic vs static though. I'm talking about static typing with or without compiler type inference a la Rust or C++'s auto

(note that Java making generic parameters optional does not count since that is, in fact, dynamic typing)

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[–] Lime66@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I also prefer static typing but I like it when it is implemented like kotlin where type inference is still great, I think dart also works like that