OpenEuphoria

Re: request for change of boolean

• Posted by c.k.lester <euphoric at cklester.?o?> Dec 06, 2007
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Derek Parnell wrote:
> Kat wrote:
> > Is it possible to change how boolean expressions are evaluated such that
> > only
> > values greater than 0 pass this test? :
> Why? Is there a compelling reason to change the current implementation? For
> example, does it cause your programs to fail or run slower?

If I have a boolean variable, then yes, it could cause a malfunction.

> You should code this as ...
>   if readfile < 0 then ...
> Would that be a problem?

A simple enough fix. But the test for

   if readfile then

is faster than the test for

   if readfile < 0 then

plus, it takes longer to type the latter, so that over the course of, say,
a billion or iterations, you've really wasted a lot of time.

(That last part is a funny haha.) :)