> I know this is true for a number of Smalltalk implementations.  I found it
> very surprising also.  Someone I worked with always formatted their code
> this way.  He said it made it easier to double click and highlight the
> variable.  I wasn't sure that was enough reason to do it but he did.

So, score +1 for ": x" but ":x" is still left with a score of 0.  What
is the advantage of writing ":x"?