Conditional Expressions don't solve the problem

[Markus Schaber]

Hi,

On 18 Oct 2001 00:53:43 -0700, salemail at dial.pipex.com (Kevin D) wrote:

> My suggesting is not trying to "save keystrokes" - it's trying to save
> duplication of an expression that doesn't _need_ to be written twice.
> This is one of the arguments that got augmented assignment into the
> language.

In some cases, it's even wrong to write the expression twice - it may have side effects (readline etc.).

markus
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