On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, derox wrote: > Hi! > > Though I have limited knowledge of C++, I do believe it has the following > functionallity that also could be useful in Gambas: > > If you have an IF-block with several statements that are to be evaluated, > in C++ it will jump out of that evalutaion proccess as soon as it > encounters a true statement. That way you can put procedure-calls from the > IF-block that would normally crash the program if the prior checks are > TRUE, but otherwise would run successfully. >
Well... I think you mean: jumps out of a chain of ORs when a TRUE statement is reached and jumps out of a chain of ANDs when a FALSE statement is reached? > Just a silly example > > If(itsWinterTime OR iceCreamWagonIsOpen) Then 'There are no Ice Wagons > around in Winter, and the program will wonder what you are talking about > and go crash sending out an Error message, but if it is summer time, there > will be a ice wagon, but it is not neccessarily open :) > ... > End if This is called short-circuit evaluation and Gambas has it. Look at... the documentation of If[0]. Regards, Tobi [0] http://gambasdoc.org/help/lang/if?v3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
