[fpc-devel] Proposal: Enhanced replacement for assignment operators

[Michalis Kamburelis]

Vinzent Höfler wrote:
> Alexander Klenin <klenin at gmail.com>:
> 
>> C-like operators reduce the number of required punctuation --
>> I always think that the extra punctuation is bad for readability.
> 
> Rght. Shrt sntncs r mch sr t rd.
> 

This is more about

  SomeReallyLongVariableNameX += 10;

being nicer to read than

  SomeReallyLongVariableNameX := SomeReallyLongVariableNameX + 10;

You don't have to spend time realizing that it's the same variable (not
e.g. SomeReallyLongVariableNameY) if you read the 1st form.

Michalis