Re: Equals Operator

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Roger:

The language is called C#. Much of the syntax is taken from C/C++ design. I
lot of the problems that were caused by == in C / C++ are caught be the C#
compiler. You can't get away with stuff like:

if (a = b)

In most cases this is a typo in C / C++ but the comiler wouldn't flag it. If
[b] was zero it would come out false else it would be true. C# will yell at
you if you try this.

Problem solved.

"Roger" <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OPqDhoccFHA.2936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> What did MS not take the chance to change
> the silly == operator when they designed C#,
> to something reasonable like = ?
> Why change the universal meaning of = ?
>
> Wouldn't it be better to have:
> Assignment := //or something else
> Equal = //but keep = to be =
>
> My view,
> Roger
>
>


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