OpenEuphoria

Re: RE: if statement not working

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Mar 21, 2002
• 432 views

22/03/2002 12:43:00 PM, bensler at mail.com wrote:

>
>I like the fact that = only works for numeric comparison.
>I'd like to see == for object comparisons though, instead of equal()
>
>Chris

Why? What problem is having two sets of comparitors solve?

Are you suggesting for numbers we use:  = > < != <= >=
and for sequences we use: == >> << !== <== >== 

If want to know if one sequence has the same value as another, why is it better
that I use "=="
instead of "="?

It even introduces another issue that the current Euphoria doesn't have.

Currently I can write:

  atom x
  sequence s

  if equal(x,s) then ...

but your suggestion I'd use:

  if x == s then ...

but what happens if I later change my mind and 's' is now an integer. I have to
go and update all my
comparitor references to use '=' etc... Is this a better idea? I think not.

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Derek.