From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mark Anderson wrote:
> >
> > B) You should NEVER use map in a void context. map works very hard
> > to build up it's return value, so there should be an assignment
> > (=) operator to the left of your map call almost always,
> > otherwise all of that work is wasted.
>
> I would never say NEVER as there are some situations where it may be
> appropriate, just like there are some situations where goto is
> appropriate.
Care to give an example?
IMHO, map{}() in void context should always be for(){}.
Jenda
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