Thread: Forcing variables to be declared at top of a function

I was wondering if there was an option (for c++) to force the variables to be declared in the top of the function. I try to do it myself, but I have a habbit of creating variables as I need and placing right above where I need them. Id prefer to be forced to keep the code more readible, you know, from lack of will power

Do not break your habit. IMHO you are much better of declaring variables where needed rather than at the top of the function. Remember this is c++ not c and as such whenever you declare a variable that has a constructor you incur the cost of that construction/destruction. So it is only common sense to declare variables in c++ where you need them.

You might be able to use #pragma directives or some clever #pragma coding to create a warning if your variables are ungrouped or all-over.

This wouldn't be that simple though.