Re: The language is letting you down (Was: Re: Custom comments: Lots of tips, more wanted!)

2017-06-05 Thread David Adams via 4D_Tech
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Peter Bozek via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 11:15 AM, David Adams via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Thanks for chiming in! I don't in any way mean that 4D should limit itself to the features and construct of a

Re: The language is letting you down (Was: Re: Custom comments: Lots of tips, more wanted!)

2017-06-05 Thread Peter Bozek via 4D_Tech
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 11:15 AM, David Adams via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > In order of complexity: > I would add my favorite two: * return statement - yes, Pascal does not have a return statement, but it is so useful and need so little effort to implement that having 'clean'

The language is letting you down (Was: Re: Custom comments: Lots of tips, more wanted!)

2017-06-05 Thread David Adams via 4D_Tech
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Jeremy Roussak via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > I’ve missed enumerated types and structs very much, just as I’ve missed such > things as pre- and post-increment and decrement, the ?: construct ... The language is in desperate need of improvement. I