From: <lm...@bi...> - 2006-11-03 22:48:48
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On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 04:57:06PM -0500, dg...@ni... wrote: > Quoting Larry McVoy <lm...@bi...>: > > ...so you can do all the > > > > if [L {a + b > c << 2}] { ... } > > > > sorts of stuff. If someone can think of a verb that means "expr" that > > isn't "expr" but is better than "L" we'll stick it in. > > Without endorsing the plan, the good names for such a thing are > "compute" or "=". I'm not so sure. The L stuff can handle arbitrary stuff, assignments, variable declarations (if you're into that sort of thing), function definitions, etc. It just so happened that people expressed an interest in getting at a C like syntax for math stuff so we made sure that worked. So "compute" is closer than "=". But that said, what was wrong with "lexpr"? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitkeeper.com |