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Re: Re: while expression feature proposal

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Date	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:19:54 -0500
From	Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu>
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On 10/24/2012 05:26 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> But I'm still -0 on it, because it supplants the glaringly obvious:
> 
>   m = ...
> 
> assignment with the far less in your face:
> 
>   possibly-long-expr as m
> 
> and I think it would get quite heavily used, to the detriment of
> assignment readability in general. At present the nature of most effects
> is at the left. An assignment is obvious on the left, an if/with/while/etc
> is visible at the left.

In the interest of brainstorming, what about

   while VAR from EXPR:

or something like that? I don't think I like 'from' on a couple counts,
but there's probably some word that fits.

Evan

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Re: Re: while expression feature proposal Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-10-24 18:19 -0500

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