[fpc-pascal] New feature: IfThen() intrinsic

[Sven Barth]

Am 01.02.2016 16:07 schrieb "Michael Van Canneyt" <michael at freepascal.org>:
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> On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Sven Barth wrote:
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>>> And modifying the scanner for this exception is a REALLY bad idea.
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>> Maciej is in so far right that the intrinsic could indeed be named "if"
and
>> the only way to call it would thus be by "&if", cause only then the
scanner
>> would not treat "if" as a keyword. So it would work with what the
compiler
>> currently can.
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> Then you preclude
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> Var
>  &if : Integer;
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> This is a really bad idea. The whole idea of & is to make the above
> possible, so you are going to make an exception on an exception ?

That would only be precluded if the &if variable would be in the System
unit...

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> You really want to create monstrosities as
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>   &if:=system.&if(a>3,1,3) * b
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> Really guys, I know it is ugly, but we don't have to add to it even more;
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> Using & in a system intrinsic identifier: how crazy can you get ?
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> Sorry Maciej and Sven, but I will personally revert such a change, and
shut down the SVN server afterwards to boot so you have time to
> calm down and get back to your senses. Get a holiday or so.

In case you haven't read my mail carefully enough: I only stated that it's
definitely possible to use "if" as an identifier for an intrinsic and to
call it using "&if", because you said that it's not possible which is
incorrect.
I also said that I don't prefer the "&if" and merely joked that it would be
more noticeable because of the "&".

Regards,
Sven
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