Re: Paying developers to get features faster

From: Ben Measures (saint_abroadremove_at_removehotmail.com)
Date: 01/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:11:32 +0000

Barry Margolin wrote:
> For instance, some compilers warn about code like:
>
> if (<var> = <expression>) ...
>
> on the assumption that this is a common typo for:
>
> if (<var> == <expression>) ...
>
> Wrapping the assignment in an extra set of parentheses will shut the
> compiler up, with absolutely no effect on the generated code.

I might be thinking silly here but why not write

<var> = <expression>;
if (<var>) ....

It clears up the (reasoning behind the) code, something far more
important than a (virtually non-existant) speed increase? Better the
algorithm instead... 

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Ben M.
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