[Oberon] R: Should one automatically initalize local pointer or procedure variables (safety precaution)?

[ferrari_stefano at alice.it]

IMHO automatic pointer initialization is agianst the Oberon spirit not to have hidden features.Anyway automatic initialization is not always a good choiche.PROCEDURE ClearList (list: List);VAR node, next: Node;  (* pointers to list nodes *)BEGINnode := list.first; (* first node in list *)WHILE node # NIL DO  next := node;  (* do something here with node *)node := NIL;node := next;END;list.first := NIL;END ClearList;Here node and next pointers initialization is not required
RegardsStefano

 
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