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Re: Re[2]: Multitask Feedback

• Posted by D. Newhall <derek_newhall at yahoo.com> Sep 24, 2005
• 442 views

akusaya wrote:
> 
(snip)
> 
> Again, and again, how about a feature to ignore return values after
> calling a function? It's really annoying, almost every time I make a
> little Eu program I need to do something like
> 
> PP = seek(fn, 100)
> 
> where PP is a global variable I defined in aku.e which is an include
> file I always include when starting to write a new Eu program. (almost
> never write a Eu program without an "include"!)
> 
> All languages I know allow ignoring function return values. Why not
> Eu?
> 
> (BTW, I tried making a website with PHP, unexpectedly it's not a lot
> harder than using Eu, but much easier since it has rich functions and
> database access functions)
> 

Well, functions return values for a reason and it's not that hard to ignore a
return value. Is it annoying? At times, yes. Worth adding some language construct
to the langauge to remedy it? Definitely not.

Here, this is what I use:

procedure ignore(object x)
    -- Do nothing, just ignore the object passed
end procedure  -- ignore

ignore( seek(fn, 100) )

It's not that hard to implement and use, looks neat and clear, and most
importantly doesn't change Euphoria in any way.


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