> On 10 Mar 2017, at 23:32, Quincey Morris > <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote: > > On Mar 10, 2017, at 08:24 , Bryan Vines <bkvi...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Would integer division work better than the modulus operator? > > It would certainly work better in the sense that division is the right > operator and modulus is the wrong one! > > Regarding the original question, I would add that there’s a decent argument > to be made that keeping a long series of cases is clearer in intent and > methodology than a concise but somewhat obscure calculation.
Of course. switch(x){ case 0: return y; case 1: y++; return y; case 2: y++; y++; return y; case 3: y++; y++; y++ ; return y; … } this is much clearer in intent than return x+y. So much clearer… -- __Pascal J. Bourguignon__ _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com