Re: [go-nuts] Adding &&= and ||= operators for working with bools

2019-01-05 Thread Michael Jones
sorry...i'm not skilled at linking to old groups discussions. https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/xwkDwB9Q0Rs/discussion not agitating. ;-) just recalling. On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 9:16 PM Rob Pike wrote: > edit: seems NOT worth it. > > -rob > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 4:16 PM

Re: [go-nuts] Adding &&= and ||= operators for working with bools

2019-01-05 Thread Rob Pike
edit: seems NOT worth it. -rob On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 4:16 PM Rob Pike wrote: > 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 >

Re: [go-nuts] Adding &&= and ||= operators for working with bools

2019-01-05 Thread Rob Pike
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

Re: [go-nuts] Adding &&= and ||= operators for working with bools

2019-01-05 Thread Michael Jones
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 wrote: > I brought it up early on, wanting AND (&) and OR (|) as well as AND-ASSIGN > (&=) and OR-ASSIGN (|=). > > Not

Re: [go-nuts] Adding &&= and ||= operators for working with bools

2019-01-05 Thread Michael Jones
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 wrote: > Sometimes when working with