On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:44:24 +0100 ml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These are C++ operators, aren't they? > > Yes (some of them are, but not all), but if you think about it basic > definition of operators is to make source code more easily readable. > > Couldn't you imagine to use > a := b % c; > and a would actually contain real percentage??
I would read it as 'mod', because that's what means in C. > or > s := 'Value is : ' $ CurrentValue; > > and this would translate CurrentValue to currency and add to a string? > > btw. and yes,:) my line of work forces me to use pascal, c#, c++, c, > sql, shell and a little bit of php. So I'm forced to see the beauty and > the ugly parts and features of each one. And operators are a real life > saver, at least for future reading of your code (that is if they are > carefully designed). I disagree, it's not at all intuitive what the above '$' operator should mean. Is ' + CurrencyToStr(CurrentValue)' or whatever really so much to type? Micha _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
