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

[David Butler]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Dmitry Boyarintsev <
skalogryz.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:40 PM, silvioprog <silvioprog at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Dmitry Boyarintsev <
>> skalogryz.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:23 PM, silvioprog <silvioprog at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> It would be nice if the programmer could choose it from some compiler
>>>> switch, something like:
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>>>> {$define ifthendecl := InlineIf}
>>>>
>>>> macros?
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>> Yes, or something that allow the programmer to choose an alias to the
>> feature.
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> No matter what the language is, developers still want to write C... for
> the shortness of script
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Speaking personally, the reason why I like Pascal syntax over C is exactly
because it isn't short. I prefer the verbosity of Pascal rather than
"cryptic" syntax of the C family. e.g. Pascal uses "function" not "func",
"procedure" not "proc", "if then else" not "if ()", etc. Using short C-like
syntax in Pascal goes against the long established style of Pascal.
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