Sure. But it incurs a performance overhead that incorporating it in the language would not. ( unless RS implements the idea of #inline )
I don't buy this "looks more like REALbasic" argument. Sure there are cases where making things more verbose helps in readability, but ++,-- += are so widespread out there in the wider world that I don't see it being beneficial, either for teaching reasons or for productivity or readability. Lets get real, ( scuse awful pun ) most programming students are going to HAVE to learn at least one C style language in their life anyway. And increments are such a common activity it makes sense to provide a quick way of coding it. And future RB shouldn't be limited just to cater for novices etc. There is no reason why the ++ ,--, etc couldn't be left in the RB manuals until later chapters in the manuals. And no one would be compelled to use it. On 12/10/06 16:53, "Phil M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As Aaron pointed out in his blog, you can imitate increment and > decrement using Extends. It is not the same thing as operators, but > it is something you can do right now and "looks" more like REALbasic. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
