Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ben Bacarisse Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Understanding && Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:13:10 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <878s5f7eqx.fsf@bsb.me.uk> References: <87wnt2e06e.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <87mttydm95.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <21031565.EfDdHjke4D@PointedEars.de> <875z0kbmai.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <3599008.kQq0lBPeGt@PointedEars.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="cebc7205e7af165aaf5b3baa2f235ea5"; logging-data="17417"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Kdp2YlL5clhNuM98Y09pnxcVL4BKLaow=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:OERIrKLVpMM08CbJYVyt1bscVOA= sha1:gGHF+fvuxmzQCGX9c4xd9f9rxdM= X-BSB-Auth: 1.e3203ab7229064968225.20210418171310BST.878s5f7eqx.fsf@bsb.me.uk Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:39975 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn writes: > Ben Bacarisse wrote: > >> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn writes: >>> Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>>> Jon Ribbens writes: >>>>> I mean where it's an expression being abused as a control flow >>>>> mechanism. >>>> If readability is not the problem I'm not sure what constitutes abuse. >>> To begin with: One is a *statement*, the other an *expression*. >> >> It's not clear what you are referring to. > > I was, of course, referring to the “if” *statement* and the boolean > *expression*. > >> There have been both expressions and statements posted, so we could just >> pick some examples and assume that's what you are referring to, but it's >> an odd remark to begin with. No one in the discussion is a beginner. > > I cannot help you in a textual medium if you have a basic "reading > problem". So you were just making a correct remark that had nothing to with the material quoted? >> [tl;dr] And I'm the one with the basic "reading problem"? -- Ben.