Conditional Array Definitions

[Kenneth Brody]

John Esak wrote:
[...]
> > If you are correct that the array is defined whether the programmer
> > wanted it to be or not, at runtime, then I would consider that to be
> > very strange relative to most other computer languages.  It is
> > certainly counter-intuitive.  Given the tremendous
[...]

I didn't see the message to which John is replying, but...

I see nothing "counter-intuitive" about declarations being just that.
They declare the variable.  They do not generate any code.  They do not
need to be executed.

And, excluding Visual BASIC's "DIM" command, nothing else comes to mind
as an example of "most other computer languages" where you must actually
execute a variable declaration.  (Not that I've thought about it very
hard, mind you.)

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