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| Date | 2012-10-15 09:11 -0700 |
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| Subject | Re: Assigning void |
| From | Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> |
Jukka Lahtinen wrote:
> Lew writes:
>
> > 'if' is two keys plus 'then' is four for six keys. '?' is two keys.
Right - '{' and '}' are four keys. Sorry.
>> 'else' is four keys, ':' is two.
>
> But 'then' is not Java.
I have no excuse. The only reason I can imagine for this is that I have
been doing a lot of bash coding lately. But still.
>> Advantage: '?:' ten to four.
>
>> But for clarity, most ternary expressions require a pair of parentheses,
>> adding four keys. Now the advantage is ten to eight.
>
>> And '?:' loses its place as an operator.
Another point I should clarify - "operator" is not a sufficient distinction.
I should have said "simple operator" or some such phrase to distinguish
operators like the ternary one here, the arithmetic operators, comparison
operators and the like, whose purpose is not to cause a state change but to
produce a value.
It's pretty clear that the Java designers viewed these categories of operators
differently, as that difference is codified in the language.
--
Lew
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Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-12 22:54 -0700
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 23:27 -0700
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 12:35 -0700
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-13 09:26 -0400
Re: Assigning void Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2012-10-13 17:06 +0300
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 10:34 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-13 22:33 +0200
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 17:34 -0400
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-13 17:45 -0400
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-13 21:35 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-16 00:16 +0200
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 11:59 -0400
Re: Assigning void glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-10-13 17:05 +0000
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 14:26 -0400
Re: Assigning void markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-13 11:51 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 15:08 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 12:28 -0700
Re: Assigning void markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-13 12:42 -0700
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 12:54 -0700
OT - Trolling Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 14:16 -0700
Re: OT - Trolling Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 18:09 -0400
Re: OT - Trolling Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-14 18:47 -0700
Re: Assigning void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-10-13 20:28 +0000
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-13 13:31 -0700
Re: Assigning void Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-10-20 18:00 +0200
Re: Assigning void Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-10-20 09:56 -0700
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-21 13:24 +0200
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Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 00:13 +0200
Re: Assigning void Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-10-21 16:25 -0700
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 08:43 +0200
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 10:18 +0200
Re: Assigning void Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-10-22 08:14 -0700
Re: Assigning void glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-10-21 19:45 +0000
Re: Assigning void "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-10-22 00:14 +0200
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 12:44 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-10-15 14:38 +0300
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-15 09:11 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 15:03 -0400
Re: Assigning void glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-10-13 20:21 +0000
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 12:38 -0700
Re: Assigning void markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-13 12:49 -0700
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 13:03 -0700
Re: Assigning void Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-10-14 14:09 +0200
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 11:31 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 19:55 -0400
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 20:25 -0400
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-13 21:01 -0400
Re: Assigning void Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-14 18:42 -0700
Re: Assigning void Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-14 00:51 -0700
Re: Assigning void Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-14 10:40 -0400
Re: Assigning void Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2012-10-21 01:24 +0200
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-21 14:52 -0700
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-21 20:13 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> - 2012-10-21 20:20 -0700
Re: Assigning void Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 11:12 +0200
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-24 22:03 +0200
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-24 17:47 -0400
Re: Assigning void Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-25 01:02 +0200
Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-24 20:21 -0400
Re: Assigning void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-10-25 20:04 +0000
(OT) Re: Assigning void Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-25 16:31 -0400
Re: (OT) Re: Assigning void Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-10-25 20:44 +0000
Re: Assigning void Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2012-10-25 07:25 -0300
Re: Assigning void Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-25 11:12 -0700
Re: Assigning void Sven Köhler <remove-sven.koehler@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 11:01 +0200
Re: Assigning void Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-23 00:38 +0200
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