Oct. 28, 2003
2:10 a.m.
The best alternative I've seen that addresses nested scope and the global declaration. Is to borrow :: from C++:
-1000! I hate it whenever an otherwise sensible language borrows this ugly piece of syntax. Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+