RE: Calling functions as procedures
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com Oct 06, 2003
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My Spanish keyboard (not Latin-American) does not have ~. But it is so common you need to use this sign, that many guys are accustomed to type Alt-126 . Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Elliott Sales de Andrade <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Calling functions as procedures > > > I'd like to use something like ~my_function(a, 3, 6). '~' is not used > anywhere else, and quite definetely shows the fact that you are ignoring the > return value. It's certainly more visible than _. The one problem might be > the location, or existence, even, of the key on alternate language > keyboards. I wouldn't know where or how it would be different, though, as I > don't have one of those keyboards. > > >From: Louis at cwshop.com > >Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com > >To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com> > >Subject: Calling functions as procedures > >Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:45:50 -0400 > > > > > >I agree. I don't think allowing functions to be called as procedures would > >increase debugging time. After all, if you needed the returned value, the > >problem would be obvious in other ways, I would think. > > > >Compromise (if you MUST): Make it a warning, not an error. > > > >Louis. > > > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > >On 10/4/2003 at 9:07 PM Al Getz wrote: > > >... > > >there is still yet another better idea: allow functions to > > >be called without returning a value so they act like procedures. > > >This would solve the problem without using any new var or syntax. > > >A warning could be issued possibly. > > > > > >This wouldnt help the private variable warning problem, but > > >i still like it. > > > > > >Take care for now, > > >Al > > > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > >