RE: CF -Specs (was: "x-Spec")

What about ++x ?

Eric Kempter
CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From:   Evan Harris [SMTP:spanner@ihug.co.nz]
Sent:   Thursday, May 13, 1999 1:10 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: CF -Specs (was: "x-Spec")

>
>x++  
>
>vs
>
>x = x + 1
>
>or
>
>eval x = x + 1
>
>or 
>
>           ADD          1        X
>
>Which one can be scanned more quickly and picked out of a source listing
>more easily ? 
>

To ask your question another way, which statement best describes what is
happening ?

That is the more relevent question in my opinion (and it's just my opinion)

Sure you can scan for x++ more easily, but does that make for better code ?

I actually meant implied in the sense that it is not explicitly coded.

Why exactly would it be nice to have other than for scanning source code.
What does it *really Add* to the language ?

Cheers
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