• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
    7·
    10 months ago

    Using a standalone ‘else’ would tickle my brain in the same nice way that being able to declare a variable inside an ‘if’ statement as if it were a ‘for’ loop (which you can do in modern C++) does.

    • Lmaydev
      2·
      10 months ago

      Many languages let you scope variables.

      In c# you can create an arbitrary scope to declare variables in. Most likely in others as well.

      • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
        2·
        10 months ago

        Ah clever, didn’t think of doing this. Not having to encapsulate if statements in scopes would still look cleaner though

        • Lmaydev
          1·
          10 months ago

          It’s handy if you’re creating temp variables for single use that you don’t need to use again.

          Although I admit I’ve only ever done it a couple times lol

          Again in c# you can omit the scope and only the next statement is part of an if or loop.