• morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Word proccessors have had this figured out for ages, I wonder why it’s so hard to implement this QoL change for code

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      8 months ago

      How do you mean? You can’t type a word without using it in a word processor. Once the word is typed out it’s been used. Variables need to be declared then used so 2 separate steps.

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        8 months ago

        There’s no direct equivalent but word like won’t bother me about spelling or grammar until I’m done typing that part

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        8 months ago

        What do you mean? Variables do not necessarily need to be used, you can allocate memory for some value and initialise it but then simply don’t do anything with it.

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          8 months ago

          Yes you can but the little red squiggles show in your editor to warn you that it’s unused code. That’s what the whole post is about lol