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diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index 2473802..ade07f2 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -167,8 +167,12 @@ Install development packages for GNU Readline to get a REPL for toying around: Possible Ways of Complicating ----------------------------- - * variable scoping: the simplest is to set values in the nearest scope they - can be found in but make `arg` an exception to that, just like in AWK + * variable scoping: lexical scoping is deemed too complex. The simplest is to + look up and set values in the nearest dynamic scope they can be found in, + or globally if not found, and have `arg` create the scopes, which also makes + AWK-style local variables work. A convention of starting locally bound names + with an underscore can keep the global namespace always accessible, and even + overridable if needed. * reference counting: currently all values are always copied as needed, which is good enough for all imaginable use cases, simpler and less error-prone |