[[FMJ]PowerSurge]

So what's your reasoning for this?

Yeah, it's not required, but it suppresses errors and is not added to the compiled code if it's never called.

If I'm writing a large script with many functions, and I add to the bottom,

PHP Code:

stock CheckPlayerStats(iPlayerID) {
    // do something
} 


I can leave it there without using the function yet and it won't be compiled into the amx, but it's already written for when I do come to use it.

If I remove the 'stock' as you suggest, then I'll get an "unused" warning until I do use it, and it gets compiled into the amx regardless of whether I reference the function or not, thus potentially wasting space.

A 'stock' function does not have the potential to waste space the way a plain function does.