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Local variables not falling out of scope properly.

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  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: 0.7
  • Component/s: Compiler
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  • Environment:
    Latest Boo SVN. ;)
  • Number of attachments :
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Description

if true:
kipper = 1
elif false:
kipper = "FUTZ!"

Self-explainatory.

But, just to be redundant: kipper should have fallen out of scope once the "if" block ended, and so should be available as a variable name in the elif block.

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Arron Washington added a comment -

Whoops, I wasn't very clear.

This is the message the compiler is generating:

BCE0022: Boo.Lang.Compiler.CompilerError: Cannot convert 'System.String' to 'System.Int32'

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Arron Washington added a comment - Whoops, I wasn't very clear. This is the message the compiler is generating: BCE0022: Boo.Lang.Compiler.CompilerError: Cannot convert 'System.String' to 'System.Int32'
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Rodrigo B. de Oliveira added a comment -

That's the expected behavior.

Only methods and closures define a new scope. A behavior more inline with our python heritage.

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Rodrigo B. de Oliveira added a comment - That's the expected behavior. Only methods and closures define a new scope. A behavior more inline with our python heritage.
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Arron Washington added a comment -

Wow, OK. That feels slightly counter-intuitive (makes it kind of hard to reuse variable names).

However, you are the language designer, so I'll assume your judgement's better than mine.

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Arron Washington added a comment - Wow, OK. That feels slightly counter-intuitive (makes it kind of hard to reuse variable names). However, you are the language designer, so I'll assume your judgement's better than mine.
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Rodrigo B. de Oliveira added a comment -

This is how is meant to be.

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Rodrigo B. de Oliveira added a comment - This is how is meant to be.

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  • Assignee:
    Rodrigo B. de Oliveira
    Reporter:
    Arron Washington
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