April 20, 2018
3:35 p.m.
On 04/20/2018 08:07 AM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal wrote:
On 04/20/2018 04:25 AM, Christoph Groth wrote:
Personally, I even slightly prefer
a := 3
to the commonplace
a = 3 because it visually expresses the asymmetry of the operation.
Careful here! That’s a fine argument for using := in a new language, but people using := when they don’t need an expression because they like the symbol better is a reason NOT to do this.
Unless it's a bug magnet, that doesn't strike me as a good reason NOT to do this. -- ~Ethan~