Re: ? assignments are not expressions ?

["Steve Williams" <stevewilliams@...>]

That's also a bad habit that many C programmers have picked up.  The better
C compilers (Visual C++ is not included in that category) give warnings when
they come across that kind of syntax.  Sure, technically it's a valid
construct, but it is not regarded as good programming practise these days.

Steve 'Sly' Williams - Code Monkey - http://www.kromestudios.com

> I expected to be able to do:
>
>  while ( X = read() )
>  do
>   print ( X )
>  end
>
> But it seems I must do:
>
>  X = read()
>  while X
>  do
>   print ( X )
>   X = read()
>  end
>
> Shouldn't an assignment be an expression
> evaluating to the value assigned?  It seems
> this could be done without breaking anything...?
>
> -Tom
>