Date sent: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:43:19 +0000
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: Referring to a varname, leading to errors
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> > > Do you want what Glen wants? Not disallowing all
> > > variable name abbreviations, which I guess will
> > > never happen, but being able to set this for yourself
> > > to avoid what Glen describes.
I think a user setting for no variable abbreviations would be useful.
I don't use variable abbreviations myself, so in my case I would
probably make this the default setting in my profile.do. I doubt it
would catch me out very often, but that's still better than
undetected use and associated undetected mistakes.
--Mark
Prof. Mark E. Schaffer
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