Christopher James Huff wrote:
> Well, it doesn't fit in with either of the the other commands. #declare 
> is an action, you declare a variable. #local is a descriptive word like 
> #persistent. You can't persist a variable...it is the variable that 
> persists. But you can declare a persistant variable. The word "persist" 
> just doesn't seem to fit into the language.
> 

I agree.  You can also say #local implies a 'declare' -> 'to declare sth 
local(ly)'.  #persistant would be logical in the same way.

Christoph

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