Conditional Expressions don't solve the problem

Kevin D salemail at dial.pipex.com
Thu Oct 18 04:34:17 EDT 2001


Hi Dale,

Dale Strickland-Clark <dale at riverhall.NOTHANKS.co.uk> wrote in message news:<pehrstk4sg9uhcugmrfeharqsvdbf6t4be at 4ax.com>...
> But worst of all is that I can't assign a value and test it at the
> same time. It means I have to add at least an extra line of code and I
> have to retype a variable name. It makes for more verbose code and it
> reduces my productivity.

Are you sure you need to "assign a value and test it at the same time"
? Are you saying that just because that's what you're used to from C ?
What are the _problems_ you encounter that make you wish for this
feature ? What are the alternative solutions to those problems ?

Regards, Kev.



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