Re: Conditional append operator (was: Re: New conditional assignment facility)

2024-03-02 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, 2024-02-18 at 22:23 +0100, Jouke Witteveen wrote: > On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM Paul Smith wrote: > > > I feel these proposals are > 1) not obvious in how they work, regardless of how they work, and > 2) largely possible without new syntax. > > The first of these is proven by the am

Re: Conditional append operator (was: Re: New conditional assignment facility)

2024-02-18 Thread Jouke Witteveen
On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 12:05 AM Paul Smith wrote: > > On Sat, 2024-02-03 at 17:45 -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > > Here's how I think the "append changes the type of the variable" > > option works: > ... > > Sorry for the possible confusion. > I feel these proposals are 1) not obvious in how they wor

Re: Conditional append operator (was: Re: New conditional assignment facility)

2024-02-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Sat, 2024-02-03 at 17:45 -0500, Paul Smith wrote: > Here's how I think the "append changes the type of the variable" > option works: I should have been more clear on my nomenclature. In my examples the column on the right is meant to describe what make has in its memory for a variable. So if