Fair enough. I guess I'd say if they can do it, and it doesn't break
any existing code or anything, and if enough people want it, then why
not?
I suppose one lingering objection might be that too many syntaxes
might make it difficult for one person to read anothers code, but
then there are probably already enough differences in peoples coding
styles for such difficulties to arise, anyway.
Best,
Mark
On 12 Jul 2006, at 02:29, Troy Rollins wrote:
I understand the historical "reasons", but the argument that it
would mess anything up I just can't see. Like anything else, the
purpose is within the context.
You would no sooner put
x = 5
on a line by itself for any reason other than assignment of value,
than you would put
true
or
false
on lines by themselves. I don't see any opportunity for ambiguity
of intention here. Director has had this syntax without problems
for many years.
x = 5 // assignment
if x = 5 then // comparison
I can't tell you how many times I've first written variable
assignments this way in Revolution only to turn around and say "oh
yeah... PUT the key into the backpack...PUT 5 into x...".
Yes. Revolution coding STILL seems to me like playing text
adventure games from the 80s. ;-)
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