Boolean Operators Slighted in C

[Griff Smith]

> In article <778 at bentley.UUCP> kwh at bentley.UUCP (KW Heuer) writes:
> >Btw, you can't have *all* operators extended with "=".  How would you write
> >"v = v < e;"?  (Not that it's useful.)
> I think it's useful! ...
... [ deleted usual arguments for "op-assign" operators ]
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I think the quality of suggestions is degenerating rapidly.  This is a
blatant type clash.  The "op-assign" interpretation of " <= " is
self-contradictory nonsense.  The expression "v < e" has the
(nonexistent) type "boolean", which implies that the destination is
also boolean.  But that implies that you are using a boolean variable
in the " < " relation, which would be nonsense if "bool" were a real
type.

Instead of proposing yet another obfuscation of the language, why don't
we discuss ways that we can simplify and improve the clarity of our
coding style within the confines of the current language.  Better yet;
quit talking, and do something about it.
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