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ch03-places-to-put-things [2017/08/24 02:02] mithat [Variable initialization] |
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| - | declare two variables---''%%firstInitial%%'' and ''%%secondInitial%%''---which are both character types. Notice the comma between the two variable names. | + | declare two variables, ''%%firstInitial%%'' and ''%%secondInitial%%'', which are both character types. Notice the comma between the two variable names. |
| You can even combine variable initialization and multiple declaration in the same statement: | You can even combine variable initialization and multiple declaration in the same statement: | ||
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| ==== Potential pitfalls ==== | ==== Potential pitfalls ==== | ||
| - | Syntactic sugar can be a tricky thing. On the one hand, syntactic sugar makes it easier to write your programs---it increases **writability**. When done right, it also makes programs easier to read--it increases **readability**. However, when a language has too much syntactic sugar, then the number of ways to express the same idea increases to such a level that it ends up making it //harder// to read--because the reader has to know all the intricacies of all the different possible ways of doing things. | + | Syntactic sugar can be a tricky thing. On the one hand, syntactic sugar makes it easier to write your programs---it increases **writability**. When done right, it also makes programs easier to read---it increases **readability**. However, when a language has too much syntactic sugar, then the number of ways to express the same idea increases to such a level that it ends up making it //harder// to read because the reader has to know all the intricacies of all the different possible ways of doing things. |
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