coding style - where to declare variables

[Ben Finney]

Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> writes:

> Marko is asking us to stop using the word "binding" to refer to
> assignment because of the potential confusion with this other meaning.

That's about as reasonable as my request that we stop using the term
“variable” for what is, in Python, an un-typed reference to an object.

I expect both of these requests to meet with little satisfaction.

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Ben Finney