[666] in Coldmud discussion meeting
assignment operator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tue Mar 7 15:53:56 1995
)
From: crag@serial.MIT.EDU (Robert de Forest )
To: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 14:46:48 -0600 (CST)
I'd like to propose '->' be the assignment operator. It visually represents
what happens to the variable being assigned the new value. It has no chance
of being pronounced, 'equals'. It looks cool...
@program $root.init_root
if (caller() != $root)
throw(~perm, "Caller is not $root.");
child_index -> 0;
owners -> setadd([this()], sender());
fertile -> 0;
.
And of course...
while (success -> .attempt()) {
.display(success);
}
if (where -> .location_of(foo)) {
.work_with(where, foo);
} else if (where -> .location_of(bar)) {
.work_with(where, bar);
} else {
.not_working();
}
Hm... Here are some other contestants:
':=', '=>', '<>', '<-', '='
What have I left out?
Crag