> On 10 Mar 2017, at 23:32, Quincey Morris
> <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 10, 2017, at 08:24 , Bryan Vines <bkvi...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Would integer division work better than the modulus operator?
>
> It would certainly work better in the sense that division is the right
> operator and modulus is the wrong one!
>
> Regarding the original question, I would add that there’s a decent argument
> to be made that keeping a long series of cases is clearer in intent and
> methodology than a concise but somewhat obscure calculation.
Of course.
switch(x){
case 0: return y;
case 1: y++; return y;
case 2: y++; y++; return y;
case 3: y++; y++; y++ ; return y;
…
}
this is much clearer in intent than return x+y. So much clearer…
--
__Pascal J. Bourguignon__
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