RE: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for? (And are we sure?)

Here's one from the Python tutorial:

a, b = b, a + b

This means:
If a = 1 and b = 2, after this operation a = 2 and b = 3.  

It makes sense if you know the rules, but you do need to know which rules
apply.  And, worst of all, you have to remember it.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jimlangston@conexfreight.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:57 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?
> 
> 
> The first time I saw that statement,
> a=b=c=d=e=f=0
> 
> was in QuickBasic 4.0 back in 1990.  I had asked someone what in the
> heck that was supposed to mean and they told me.  That must be one of
> the worst statements I have ever seen.  I would rather use up 
> the 7 lines
> and initialize them each separately.
> 
> Nothing destroys a programs maintainability as quickly as shortcuts.
> 
> Try this one I've seen.
> 
> A = (B = C)
> 
> Hint: A is boolean.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim Langston
> 
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