> >We already have a trailing if statement, so this argument is edgy, at
> >best.
>
> Your brain/eye can look one statement. It's evil and wrong to make
> it look infinite statements forward. How can you pretend those are
> the same?
Well, I think trailing statements already have only limited
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:58:45PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> We already have a trailing if statement, so this argument is edgy, at
> best. The only thing that it can't do is easily span multiple lines and
> expressions. Any reason why not other than style? Seems like the obvious
> extension.
Tom Christiansen writes:
> Look closer: do { ... } while does not require the reader to
> scan down to find out the condition *BEFORE* the loop is
> entered. With an if, it does.
I believe what he's saying is that do { ... } requires the reader to
scan down far enough to see if there is a whil
>> You don't want do have a postfix { ... } if condition. It's evil
>I don't see how this is any worse than a postfix while()
Look closer: do { ... } while does not require the reader to
scan down to find out the condition *BEFORE* the loop is
entered. With an if, it does.
>> Because it hide
> You don't want do have a postfix { ... } if condition. It's evil
I don't see how this is any worse than a postfix while()
do {
asd;
asdf;
asdf;
asf;
asdf;
asdf;
sad;
fasdfa;
sdf;
asdf;
asdf;
asf
You don't want do have a postfix { ... } if condition. It's evil to
have
do {
asd;
asdf;
asdf;
asf;
asdf;
asdf;
sad;
fasdfa;
sdf;
asdf;
asdf;
asf;
asdf;
asd;
as;
> >$x =10, $z =15 if $y > 12; # 8 click shorter
>
> Should work now. I just tested it in 5.6, but I think that's been valid
> since Perl4 or earlier.
]- yep my mistake...sorry :")
> >instead of this :
> >
> >if ($y > 12) {$x =10; $z =15} ;
> >
> >4 keyboard click shorter - Shift+( and Shift+)
At 05:52 PM 8/30/00 +0100, raptor wrote:
>hi,
>
>We now can say :
>
>$x = 10 if $y > 12;
>
>It will be good if this also work.( i.e. block before if ).
>
>{$x =10; $z =15} if $y > 12;
do {$x = 10; $z = 15} if $y > 12;
works.
>or
>
>$x =10, $z =15 if $y > 12; # 8 click shorter
Should work now.
