From: Gerhard Scholz Sent: woensdag 1 juni 2005 18:35 >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marco van de Voort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "FPC developers' list" <fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org> >Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:50 PM >Subject: Re: [fpc-devel] Re: [fpc-l] type discussion
[big snip] >> > multiple assignments: >> > >> > a := b := c := d := 0 ; >> > >> > etc. >> >> Same point. Totally useless. > >easier to read, especially in sequencies of variable initializations What is easier to read is a matter of taste. Being a pascal devel for years now, it takes time to "decode" a "a := b := c := d := 0" line. There might be a ; inbeween which results in a complete different assignment. With such lines I've to read them over and over to see what is going on. Where a line like "a := 0; b := 0; c := 0; d := 0;" is clear to me. This also counts for the proposed c-isms. For me I prefere clarity above less typing (besides if you want to write realy short code, you sould use APL) Marc _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel