That link doesn't work - it's into your mailbox. However, I do remember talking about this option some time ago, including when the language was first being designed. It didn't seem common enough to warrant adding, and C got along fine without it. Your regularity argument carries some weight but it still seems worth it.
If you disagree, file a proposal explaining the argument. -rob On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 3:28 PM Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > not Rob but rather Ian... > (6/22/2012) > > > https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/go%2Fgolang-nuts/FMfcgxwBTsjnkHgqhvQfLqrXsJdHZRxC > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 7:52 PM Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I brought it up early on, wanting AND (&) and OR (|) as well as >> AND-ASSIGN (&=) and OR-ASSIGN (|=). >> >> Not enthusiastic about shortcut operators on assignment form. >> >> Rob posted here that he was ok/open to the idea. >> >> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 5:55 PM Caleb Spare <cesp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sometimes when working with bools I wish I could write >>> >>> myBool &&= x >>> >>> rather than >>> >>> myBool = myBool && x >>> >>> I believe that && and || are the only binary operators in the language >>> for which the assignment form makes sense but doesn't exist (i.e., we >>> have +=, &^=, >>=, and so on). So in some sense adding these last two >>> operators would be symmetric and would make working with bools just as >>> convenient as working with integers, floats, bit fields, etc. >>> >>> Has this been discussed before? It's hard to search for this. >>> >>> Caleb >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Michael T. jonesmichael.jo...@gmail.com <michael.jo...@gmail.com>* >> > > > -- > > *Michael T. jonesmichael.jo...@gmail.com <michael.jo...@gmail.com>* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
