libes@nbs-amrf.UUCP (07/11/86)
Ok, so we blew it by omitting a left arrow from ASCII. How about making the following legal: a <- 3; /* assignment */ if (a = 3) ... /* test for equality */ Oh, sorry. Can't screw with C. D, maybe. I'd also like to point out that we need a symbol to represent "to". I really tired of seeing things like: atoi(); foo_to_bar(); foo_2_bar(); Foo2Bar(); a2z(); and all the permutations of these (all of which I see in code). Let's make a standard on how to name "x to y" functions. I'd opt for something like a->b() where -> is a single character in the character set. (Hey, as long as we're redesigning it for <- (not to mention all those international characters)...) Any better (god I hope so) suggestions. This is really a topic of vital importance (as I had to write one of these stupid functions this morning and I was in a quandary as how to name it). Please do not mail to me. (I refuse to waste my time summarizing responses on such a silly topic.) Don Libes {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!libes