"F i L" <witte2...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ycdqoufsbftcccpek...@forum.dlang.org... > On Friday, 17 February 2012 at 06:25:49 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 06:47:20AM +0100, F i L wrote: >>> I would use them over '||' and '&&' for the reasons bearophile gave. >>> Highlighted as keywords, they're easily set appart, easier to type, >>> and more distinguished... then again if I had my way I'd remove the >>> '('/')' brackets, ending marks, and auto keyword; switched the >>> definition name-type placement and change if/else/return/contract >>> syntax... >> >> Well, if you're going to reinvent the language syntax, I'd like to >> replace: >> >> = with := >> == with = > > I would agree with this, only there should be a distinction between > assignment and declaration. Which in my syntax is ':'. Maybe the keyword > 'is' could apply to runtime conditions.. might go nicely with the 'not' > statement. >
I've always agreed with the usual reasoning behind ":= and = instead of = and ==", but in practice I don't like it becase assignment is so *incredibly* common I don't want it to be a 2-handed 3-keypress "Shift+Keypress and then another keypress". Just one keypress, thank you. And yes, equality is fairly common, too, but *UNLIKE MATH*, equality isn't quite *as* common as assignment. Plus, "==" is even a little easier than "two keypresses" since it's the same key, not two different keys.
