I think the answer is simple and has already been suggested in this thread.
Rely on “is not” and remove ≠ for completeness and ensure that when a script includes ≠ on a Mac it will not compile. Although I have filed a bug, I don’t believe LC have decided what to do yet? It’s not hard to traverse a project and remove ≠ with is not. All the best Terry > On 17 Mar 2016, at 16:51, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > > In a language that has "playLoudness" to mean "soundVolume", a "destroyStack" > property that doesn't destroy the stack, and "this me", adopting the world's > most common way to express non-equivalence would seem a shoe-in. > > Esp. given that "<>" is supported but almost unique to our language, and "≠" > has been suggested by a member of the core dev team to be elevated from an > undocumented convenience for HyperCard ports to a native token: > <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2016-March/224664.html > <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2016-March/224664.html>> > > How does one even type "≠" in any keyboard other than a Mac? > > If we were talking about "==" I could understand. The difference between "=" > and "==" in languages that support both accounts for millions of lost hours > for developers and end-users due to accidental bugs every year. > > But "!="? I just don't see the harm. Sometimes accommodating the rest of > the world isn't a bad thing. > > At a time when I hope we're all keenly sensitive to the need for increased > adoption, this seems more of a focus on "We're different" than "We help you > get the job done more efficiently". _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
