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<HR><H2>Re: Assignment Operator.</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wed Nov  9 16:08:08 1994
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Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 16:00:22 -0500 (EST)
From: James C Deikun &lt;jcdst10+@pitt.edu&gt;
To: rayn@crossaccess.com
Cc: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: &lt;9411090204.AA21467@q.crossaccess.com&gt;



On Tue, 8 Nov 1994 rayn@crossaccess.com wrote:

&gt; If (when) assignment in expression becomes an issue again, I'd give
&gt; this whole problem more weight, as the only time I've ever seen x = 1
&gt; cause trouble is when its in an if in C code, and its not readily
&gt; apparent that its an error. Even then, its a matter of experience. One
&gt; must make these mistakes, and later laugh about it. (Gee, the server
&gt; crashed cus i set reallyimportantparameter = 0, instead of testing its
&gt; value! -- Gee you shouldnt be setting parameters like that, its bad OO ;)

Yes.  The is the only reason I personally support := is that I support
assignment as an expression.  However, I'd much rather have .= or '= for
assignment--much MUCH easier on the pinkies.

What I'd like to see is:

  =  as an assignment statement, as it is now.
  .= as an assignment expression.
  == as a comparison expression.

--
James Deikun (James &amp; splat@JHM and BlueMOOn)
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