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a little alternative syntax improvement?
- X-seq: zsh-users 20797
- From: Marc Chantreux <khatar@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Subject: a little alternative syntax improvement?
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:22:00 +0200
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hello,
this message is just a proposal but i don't know how naive it is.
i just give it a try.
alternative syntax for for control statements are really pleasant
because the lhs uses the good context
# lhs # rhs
while ((count-- > 0)) { do_something }
while [[ -e $file ]] { do_something }
and could be a bit more if the rhs would be context sensitive also:
for the moment, you need to write
while {next_file} {((
older = last < older ? last : older,
count++
))}
when it would be more readable and consistent to write
while {next_file} ((
older = last < older ? last : older,
count++
))
my two cents.
regards
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