Waverly,

I can't speak for the FBtoC team, but for my money, FB has always  
been thus, and I see no reason for a change. Yes, I've made a similar  
error once or twice myself, but it's a simple matter of debugging.

On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Edwards, Waverly wrote:

> Since the equal sign is right associative, it really should fail  
> unless the language allows multiple assignments, which FB does not.
I don't understand your statement about = being "right associative."  
A single = always invokes a comparison UNLESS it follows a var or  
_constant at the beginning of a statement, in which case it becomes  
an assignment.


> At minimum, this should be a warning.
>
> _delimiterIsComma = _currentDelimiter = _","
>
> equivalent to: because of right associativity in languages such as  
> FB where multiple assignments are not allowed
>
>
> _delimiterIsComma == ( _currentDelimiter = _"," ) vs
This will not compile, because a statement cannot start with a  
comparison

> _delimiterIsComma = ( _currentDelimiter == _"," )
This will compile the same as _delimiterIsComma = _currentDelimiter =  
_","

> equivalent to: where languages such as C and Java where multiple  
> assignments are allowed
>
> _delimiterIsComma = _currentDelimiter = _","
>
> the _delimiterIsComma and currentDelimiter would be assigned the  
> value of _","
>
> You make a great point but at minimum there should be a warning of  
> an unintended assignment.
In FB syntax, there IS no unintended assignment, just an assignment  
and a value returned by a comparison, so what should the warning be?  
What rule should be used to apply it?

I'm glad you were able to find your bug. That can be a tricky one.

   e-e
   =J= a  y
    "


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Reeve [mailto:jayreeve@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:28 AM
> To: futurebasic@...
> Subject: Re: [FB] FBToC: bad enumeration
>
> Waverly,
>
> Well, I certainly wouldn't want it to be illegal. Nor would I know
> what kind of rule to apply to eliminate it. Here's an arbitrary
> example in which it might be used:
>
> _currentDelimiter = _"," //in a Settings file
> '
> '...
> '
> _delimiterIsComma = _currentDelimiter = _"," //in a code file
> '
> '...
> '
> LONG IF _delimiterIsComma //in a FN
> '...
> XELSE
>
> The only way I can see to prevent an error like yours would be to
> require == instead of = for all equality comparisons. I suspect that
> might break a majority of existing code, so will probably never  
> happen.
>
>    e-e
>    =J= a  y
>     "
>
> On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Edwards, Waverly wrote:
>
>> Your code is setting the constant _apostrophe to the value of the
>> comparison:
>> ( _"'" == 39 )
>> which evaluates to _zTrue or -1
>> <<
>>
>> Oh, I get it now.  Because it evaluated to a static value, it was
>> allowed.
>> Hmmm, I don't know about that behavior.  Its legal but should it be?
>>
>>
>> W.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jay Reeve [mailto:jayreeve@...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:40 AM
>> To: futurebasic@...
>> Subject: Re: [FB] FBToC: bad enumeration
>>
>> Waverly,
>>
>> Your code is setting the constant _apostrophe to the value of the
>> comparison:
>> ( _"'" == 39 )
>> which evaluates to _zTrue or -1
>>
>> It's perfectly good code, just not what you intended. Remove either
>> the = _"'" or the = 39 and it should work as expected.
>>
>>    e-e
>>    =J= a  y
>>     "
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Edwards, Waverly wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I had the strangest problem.  In my program I kept attempting to
>>> test a variable to see if it as equal to _apostrophe
>>> I knew it was equal but it never tested positive.  I went back to
>>> my declarations to ensure that _apostrophe was
>>> equal to ASCII value 39.  After a fair amount of head scratching I
>>> noticed that my declaration was incorrect.  This
>>> is exactly the line that I had in my program.
>>>
>>> _apostrophe = _"'"               = 39// ASCII TABLE (39), an
>>> apostrophe mark
>>>
>>> I didnt get a warning, the program compiled just fine and
>>> everything was working except for the variable test.
>>>
>>> ex: if ( var == _apostrophe ) then stop "_apostrophe == _zTrue "
>>>
>>>
>>> W.
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