compilation

[David Bolen]

msoulier at nortelnetworks.com (Michael P. Soulier) writes:

> I actually hate finding errors at runtime. It's my biggest complaint about
> Perl, in that I can make a function call that doesn't exist, and I won't find
> out about it until I hit that piece of code. I suppose python has the same
> flaw? Dynamic binding is fine, but a check for typos like that would be good. 
Ah, but the rub is how do you perform that check without actually executing
the script, since its the execution of the script that may actually yield
the availability of the function or variable :-)

--
-- David
-- 
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------\
 \               David Bolen            \   E-mail: db3l at fitlinxx.com  /
  |             FitLinxx, Inc.            \  Phone: (203) 708-5192    |
 /  860 Canal Street, Stamford, CT  06902   \  Fax: (203) 316-5150     \
\-----------------------------------------------------------------------/