3.9a-7006: ":=" replaced by "_"

Klaus D. Witzel klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Wed Mar 8 14:59:08 UTC 2006


Hi Viktor, you <gilrandir at centrum.cz> wrote:

> Dan Corneanu wrote:
>> Marcus Denker wrote:
>>
>>> Before 3.9 goes beta, we will have relaced all the _ by :=, and
>>> everything will be fine.
>>>
>>>      Marcus
>>>
>>  What happend with '<-' ? I kind of liked it more than ':=' or '_'.
>>
> actually, i too would like to see '<-' as an alternative to ':=', it's  
> non-ansi, but looks more 'smalltalkish'... some votes?

Just in case it was not mentioned before: I suggest a set of TWO compiler  
(parser) related preferences

	[] := is assignment
	[] <- is assignment

Then, if both boxes are not checked, _ is the (good old fashioned)  
assignment (and, of course, newbees have something to ask for ;)

/Klaus

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