On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Maciej Izak wrote:
2016-02-01 16:07 GMT+01:00 Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org>:
Then you preclude
Var
&if : Integer;
This is a really bad idea. The whole idea of & is to make the above
possible, so you are going to make an exception on an exception ?
You really want to create monstrosities as
&if:=system.&if(a>3,1,3) * b
Really guys, I know it is ugly, but we don't have to add to it even more;
Using & in a system intrinsic identifier: how crazy can you get ?
Looks good and clever. Logical choice.
Only in warped minds, as far as I am concerned.
There is nothing logical about it.
The logical thing is to find a new pascal identifier.
How often you have variables with & prefix?
That is entirely irrelevant to the point I am trying to make.
But to answer your question:
Never, and if Delphi didn't have it, I would oppose its introduction as well.
It is a result of a 'whatever goes' attitude.
Why not introduce C syntax, while we're at it ? Or Perl, or Javascript or whatever
just happens to be the fashion of the day ? The compiler can probably handle it,
I'm sure we'll find someone crazy enough to take the task on.
This 'whatever goes' attitude is really a disease that should be weeded out.
So you trying to introduce it in a system identifier/intrinsic is IMHO a double
insult to plain common sense.
Michael.
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