MustDeclareVars=1 as default

[Raik]

Because i stumbled over scripts again and again, throwing "variable used without being declared" over and over, i suggest MustDeclareVars=1 as default value, to get newbies learning a clean programming-style right from the start.
AutoIt anyway does not accept undeclared vars anymore, so its better to set this option on by default (and possibly remove it).

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[Mat]

AutoIt does still allow you to directly assign to undeclared variables, for example the following is still perfectly valid code:

$a = "Hello"
MsgBox(0, "Test", $a)

But running with Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1) won't work.

Changing it to the default would break any old scripts that relied on this functionality, and I can't really think of an example where using this option would show something that is not obvious and isn't shown by Au3Check already.

[Jpm]

Perhaps a good way is to have Au3Check default enforcing this verification.

I assume a lot of designer use SciTE

[James]

Absolutely not. You're imposing restrictions on developers for no reason other than selfishness.

What might be a good idea is to instead set the default AU3 template to set MustDeclareVars, but not do it by default. It's nonsensical to turn it off, rather than on.

[James]

I'm marking this as closed since there has been no further responses.