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Eric Milles commented on GROOVY-11525:
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I understood the scope of the variables to be the containing parentheses. So
in your example, "(int b=a; int c=b+1)" "b" and "c" are not available outside
these parens. Same for "(int d=2)" and "(int e=...))".
So, "(int e=a+b+c+d)" would emit errors for "b", "c" and "d" being unknown.
I'm further assuming that only variable declarations are possible in the
leading position. "return (int b=2; a+b)" not "return ((int b =2; int c = 3);
a+b+c)". What goes in a traditional for loop init section is probably the
closest parallel I can think of.
> Support expression scope variable
> ---------------------------------
>
> Key: GROOVY-11525
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY-11525
> Project: Groovy
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Daniel Sun
> Priority: Major
>
> Let's take a look at the following code first:
> {code}
> int hash(Object key) {
> int h;
> return (key == null) ? 0 : (h = key.hashCode()) ^ (h >>> 16);
> }
> {code}
> variable {{h}} is actually an expression scope variable, but current syntax
> doesn't support.
> I propose an expression scope variable syntax, e.g.
> Proposed syntax 1:
> {code}
> // Just support declaring variables of same type
> (int h, x, y; ...)
> {code}
> {code}
> int hash(Object key) {
> // h is only visible in the expression
> return (int h; (key == null) ? 0 : (h = key.hashCode()) ^ (h >>> 16))
> }
> {code}
> We can reduce the scope of {{h}} further:
> {code}
> int hash(Object key) {
> // h is only visible in the expression
> return (key == null) ? 0 : (int h; (h = key.hashCode()) ^ (h >>> 16))
> }
> {code}
> Proposed syntax 2(I prefer the syntax):
> {code}
> // Support declaring variables of different types
> (int h, X x, Y y -> ...)
> {code}
> {code}
> int hash(Object key) {
> // h is only visible in the expression
> return (int h -> (key == null) ? 0 : (h = key.hashCode()) ^ (h >>> 16))
> }
> {code}
> {code}
> int hash(Object key) {
> // h is only visible in the expression
> return (key == null) ? 0 : (int h -> (h = key.hashCode()) ^ (h >>> 16))
> }
> {code}
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