Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site eagle.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!eagle!mjs From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: more about programming style Message-ID: <1317@eagle.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 08:17:19 EDT Article-I.D.: eagle.1317 Posted: Mon Aug 12 08:17:19 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 06:07:45 EDT References: <11457@brl-tgr.ARPA> <68@ucbcad.UUCP> <1693@reed.UUCP> <441@myriasb.UUCP> <141@rpics.UUCP> <457@lasspvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Summit, NJ Lines: 16 > What chance is there of having assignment denoted by := in the standard? > (None, right? To much code is written with = already. And if I really > insist I could use the preprocessor. None the less ... ) > The reason I would like this is then ALL assignments ( +=, |=, etc) would > be two characters long (consistancy!!). Among other things this would minimize > the = vs == type errors. > > Todd Olson Um, what about <<= & >>=? -- Marty Shannon UUCP: ihnp4!eagle!mjs Phone: +1 201 522 6063 Warped people are throwbacks from the days of the United Federation of Planets.