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  3. November 2003

Re: Shorthand Syntax (was XFoot with Qualified DS's)

Barbara,

>Compare these two,
>  2.  arr1(index1) += somethingelse
>  2.  arr2(index2) = somethingelse
>
>The first one has double the opportunities for error.  

Except that you left out the + in the second instance.  :)

Still, having used += in other languages such as C, it is my opinion that it is
EASIER to quickly understand the code with += than by repeating the fieldname.
Just like how I gladly dropped Factor1 in ADD etc statements once the compiler
accepted that syntax.

Doug

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