Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Giacomo A. Catenazzi] > > I don't like calling it "or"... It is error prone because it is a non > > binary system, > > thus can confuse the lazy developers. > > [...]But > nobody thinks of "max" as an infix operator, and infix is IMO the most > natural way to express a low-precedence operator without explicit > grouping. > > > Also I don't like the construct if_dep that parse multiple lines. > > IMHO better a single line statment: > > if_dep ..cond.. then ..cml1_statment.. > > My goal here is to replace the current 'if' statement. [...]
I agree with Peter, a design goal should be to have an easy textual mapping from the existing if statements to the new syntax, which preserved semantics. So, multi-line constructs and infix operators would be required. Greg. -- the price of civilisation today is a courageous willingness to prevail, with force, if necessary, against whatever vicious and uncomprehending enemies try to strike it down. - Roger Sandall, The Age, 28Sep2001. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
