~=
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Cons:
* inconsistent with other compound assignment operators
* looks like regular expression matching operator used in other languages
Pros:
* shortens certain expressions by one character
I don't think it's worth it.
What does the search query have to do with it?
* inconsistent with other compound assignment operators
* looks like regular expression matching operator used in other languages
Pros:
* shortens certain expressions by one character
I don't think it's worth it.
What does the search query have to do with it?
I was just shocked that no language anywhere had thought of it yet. I can't even remember the last time I did a search that came up empty.
it's just not consistent. All current assignment "modifiers" are "binary" operators and ~ is unary one.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22~=%22
Any reason why we couldn't add ~= to the c spec so that we could say:
myVar ~= myFlag;
Which would do the same thing as:
myVar &= ~myFlag;