From: matt@... (matt neuburg) Date: 2008-01-23T07:29:57+09:00 Subject: Re: why must I initialize this variable? Thomas Wieczorek wrote: > Hello! > > On Jan 22, 2008 6:40 PM, matt neuburg wrote: > > Here's a simple variable initialization / scope question. In the > > following code: > > > > First of all I think that you confuse assignment(=) with > comparison(==). No, I don't. The assignment is the point of the example. Possibly I should have used double-parens around the assignment to make that clear (a common C convention). m. -- matt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Leopard - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/leopard-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com