Re: Can one have different Coloring to show which local symbols are
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- Subject: [mg108719] Re: Can one have different Coloring to show which local symbols are
- From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:21:35 -0500 (EST)
- References: <hoklkh$so0$1@smc.vnet.net>
Am 27.03.2010 11:11, schrieb Nasser M. Abbasi:
> Hello;
>
> Many times when I write some module, I add local symbols, then later I might
> change the code and those symbols will no longer be used.
>
> For example
>
> f[x_]:=Module[{a,b},... a=...; ....]
>
> Suppose that 'a' is still used, but 'b' is not used inside the module. Both
> will be colored green as things are now.
>
> It would be nice, if a new color is made for symbols that are local, but NOT
> used, i.e not referenced.
>
> This way, after some long editing session, and I need to clean the code, I
> can simply remove those local symbols declaration more easily, by remove the
> symbols with the new color.
the workbench will report unused local variables as warnings. I don't
think that switching to the workbench would be justified for just this
feature, though...
hth,
albert