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

[Paulo Costa]

On 06/08/2010 06:19, Michalis Kamburelis wrote:
>
> 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.

On the other side

     SomeReallyLongVariableNameX += SomeReallyLongVariableNameY - 1;

is too much similar (visually) to

     SomeReallyLongVariableNameX := SomeReallyLongVariableNameY - 1;

:(

(You can't please everyone...)

Paulo