OpenEuphoria

Re: Short-circuit warning

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at y?hoo.c?m> May 20, 2008
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Andy Drummond wrote:
> When I first used Euphoria the docs DID describe the short-circuiting process.
> It was very clear, and made coding easier with things like:
> }}}
<eucode>
>     if atom(res) or length(res)=0 or res[1]='+' then
>         do something
>     end if
> </eucode>
{{{

> To do that with three nested if statements would be silly. As is the process
> of hiding side-effects within if statements. An if statement is a condition
> testing statement, and just because you CAN hide assignments within it hardly
> makes for clear coding and good practice.
> So please stick with short-circuiting if statements and recommend that users
> do actually read the original Euphoria documentation first.

No one is talking about doing away with short circuiting. We're talking about
whether there should be a warning in the short circuiting case.

--
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple
system that works.
--John Gall's 15th law of Systemantics.

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
--C.A.R. Hoare

j.