I think the biggest problem here is that the scope of a
variable is no longer obvious in these cases. This will also
impose an (hidden) order of evaluation, which is not the most
desirable feature for a non-imperative language.
The second sentence is nonsense. Variable references are resolved to
variable declarations at compile time, the run-time behavior doesn't
care in the slightest what the original name of the variable was.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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