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On Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 5:56:46 AM UTC-7, Tom Breloff wrote: > > Lets close the topic. Keep them both. > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:47 AM, feza <moham...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> My only problem with `=` vs `in` >> is that even the base julia code is inconsistent! Looking at one file ( I >> can't remember which now) >> it had both >> i = 1:nr >> and >> i in 1:n >> Again this was in the same file! Please tell me I am not being pedantic >> when I saw this and thought this must be fixed if even the base is being >> inconsistent. >> >> On Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 8:44:03 AM UTC-4, mschauer wrote: >>> >>> Do we want to give up on this topic? Then we should do so in an earnest >>> way and close the case with a clear message, ideally after >>> establishing if we want to add a style recommendation about the use of >>> ``=`` and ``in`` to >>> http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/manual/style-guide/. Currently >>> the manual states in the control-flow chapter "In general, the for loop >>> construct can iterate over any container. In these cases, the alternative >>> (but fully equivalent) keyword in is typically used instead of =, since >>> it makes the code read more clearly." >>> >> >
