On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 22:58:13 +0000, Rupert Reynolds wrote:
>Fancy code? I remember once wanting to set a flag under certain circs, and
>I considered something like:
>
>/* Rexx */
>TRUE = 1=1
>FALSE = \TRUE
>. . .
>flag = TRUE
>
>I can't remember now whether I used it, or hated it.
>
More concisely:
TRUE = 1
FALSE = 0
These are in he Rexx Standard; you may rely on them. Nonetheless, you
may choose to assign those mnemonics for clarity.
I consider
if flag = TRUE ...
and
if flag = FALSE ...
and
if A == B then flag = TRUE; else flag = false
... (which I've seen used) execrable expansions of
if flag ...
or
if \flag ...
or
flag = ( A == B ) /* Superfluous parentheses may enhance clarity. )
)you might as well code:
if flag = TRUE = TRUE = TRUE ...
-- gil
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