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Re: RE: if statement not working

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Mar 21, 2002
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22/03/2002 2:19:34 PM, bensler at mail.com wrote:

>
>Good point.
>
>I have never found the need to use compare, so I was thinking in a 
>narrower spectrum when I mentioned ==.
>
>I see two benefits to the current syntax.
>
>1. comparing equal length sequences (does the entire structure of the 
>sequence need to match, or just the length?)
>

I am talking about language syntax, not implementation tactics. Is there any
reason that the
interpreter cannot compare lengths if it sees '=' instead of 'compare()'? 

>2. to visually define the difference between a numeric compare, and an 
>object compare.

Have you actually needed to do this? Anyone?

>See: "justifying compare" posted by David Cuny in 1998

I will. David is very good, but I'm not convinced yet. Keep trying 

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Derek Parnell 
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