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I completely disagree with that. To my eyes, these shortcuts never made the code easier to read. It's exactly the contrary. Ask to a beginner what's the difference between --i and i--. It's not obvious or intuitive. I'm tired to see that in C and Java codes.
Different persons different opinions. You can always decide not to use it.:sign0089:
Difference in two characters? Maybe in that poor example.
What about when you are needing to fill an index
Becomes this pain in a butt
The second makes the code SO sloppie
++, --, +=, -= ALL these are really needed to make coding quicker and easier. I am forever having to remember to manually do the X=X+1 for filling entries in an array this cannot be done nicely using a loop
Normally I would not complain so much about this. But right now I am trying to draw rectangles and things on a printer using Bluetooth and I have to set all the individual bytes to things like ESC * b 12 W [hex values] and then right the bytes to the OutputStream. Being able to set the Bytes by doing
What about when you are needing to fill an index
B4X:
Entry[Posn++] = Value
Entry[Posn++] = Value2
Entry[Posn++] = Value3
Entry[Posn++] = Value4Becomes this pain in a butt
B4X:
Entry[Posn] = Value
Posn = Posn + 1
Entry[Posn] = Value2
Posn = Posn + 1
Entry[Posn] = Value3
Posn = Posn + 1
Entry[Posn] = Value4
Posn = Posn + 1The second makes the code SO sloppie
++, --, +=, -= ALL these are really needed to make coding quicker and easier. I am forever having to remember to manually do the X=X+1 for filling entries in an array this cannot be done nicely using a loop
Normally I would not complain so much about this. But right now I am trying to draw rectangles and things on a printer using Bluetooth and I have to set all the individual bytes to things like ESC * b 12 W [hex values] and then right the bytes to the OutputStream. Being able to set the Bytes by doing
B4X:
ByteStream(BPosn++) = Esc
ByteStream(BPosn++) = 42 ' Start of command
ByteStream(BPosn++) = 98 ' Command type
DataString = Width ' Width of box
DataStringBytes = DataString.GetBytes("UTF8") ' convert length to bytes
For I = 0 to DataString.Length - 1
ByteStream(I + BPosn) = DataStringBytes(I) ' move in the length
next
BPosn += I ' move to the next position for
ByteStream(BPosn++) = 87 ' Terminate the data length
'-------------------------------------------------------------
' Now put in the data we want to draw
'-------------------------------------------------------------
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I also disagree with Informatix on this. "Ask a beginner" so we should write code to handle the LOWEST person on the pole? You say it is NOT obvious or intuitive, well then they need to read the manual or take a real coding course. I am sure your eyes see and translate the code without a thought.
VB6 had not some ++, but VB.Net has += *= ...
Since it is recommended to use self-explanatory variable names and their length is not relevant to the overall weight of the application, write:
varASDGOIUASDOIUSGWK varASDGOIUASDOIUSGWK +1 =
is less practical:
varASDGOIUASDOIUSGWK + = 1
The fact remains that it is not a fatal issue!
Since it is recommended to use self-explanatory variable names and their length is not relevant to the overall weight of the application, write:
varASDGOIUASDOIUSGWK varASDGOIUASDOIUSGWK +1 =
is less practical:
varASDGOIUASDOIUSGWK + = 1
The fact remains that it is not a fatal issue!
It's a cumbersome way to fill an array. You should do instead (and that does not require to compute each index):
Dim Entry(20) As String = Array As String("Value1", "Value2", "Value3", etc.)
I don't think you really understood what I said, but it doesn't matter: I am not opposed to adding these operators to B4A.
For a few years, my job was to rewrite code made by others. Without a detailed documentation, it was usually a nightmare with some languages (especially C and C++. It seemed to me that every C programmer was trying to win a contest of the most compact application in the world.
) With this little experience, I made my opinion about some operators (++, -- *=, etc.). They can be convenient sometimes and we are so used to see i++ in a loop that another form would be surprising. BUT I don't think they are easier to read and IMHO they should be avoided. If you write only code for your eyes, I really don't care of what you use, of course.When I mentioned beginners, I wanted to be nice. In fact, ask to many programmers the value of j and k in:
B4X:
int i = 2;
int j = 1;
int k = 3;
j *= i++;
k *= ++i;I somewhat agree that some coders can go overboard.
But even without these commands I would be willing to bet they will find a way. And I guess I am an offender a lot, because I love doing
On = TimeForOn >= OnTime ? True : False
I love the one line if statement command ? :
But the basic ++ -- makes a lot less typing I++ instead of I = I + 1 not only makes me feel dumb, but opens my code up to type-o errors (I'm 63 and my fingers can no longer keep up)
I believe what makes code easier to read is alignment and layout more than anything. One of the reasons I asked for an IDE option to replace tabs with spaces. So my code always looks the same no matter what editor I am using. I like this old animal called KEdit (came from the IBM mainframe world) and there are things I can do quicker in it that I cannot even do in other editors.
If my wife only used the subset of English that I do, she would have never raised to a EVP in the corp world.
But even without these commands I would be willing to bet they will find a way. And I guess I am an offender a lot, because I love doing
On = TimeForOn >= OnTime ? True : False
I love the one line if statement command ? :
But the basic ++ -- makes a lot less typing I++ instead of I = I + 1 not only makes me feel dumb, but opens my code up to type-o errors (I'm 63 and my fingers can no longer keep up)
I believe what makes code easier to read is alignment and layout more than anything. One of the reasons I asked for an IDE option to replace tabs with spaces. So my code always looks the same no matter what editor I am using. I like this old animal called KEdit (came from the IBM mainframe world) and there are things I can do quicker in it that I cannot even do in other editors.
If my wife only used the subset of English that I do, she would have never raised to a EVP in the corp world.
unfortunately I can not translate everything perfectly (and despite this, I "put my mouth anywhere" ).
Will the fact that I type faster with two hands, but I prefer less synthesis and more clarity in the code.
If I use the code written by other people and I find something like:
If A> B then dothis
then i change it to:
If A> B then
dothis
end If
it is a small example, but often it is advisable for the debugging phase
).Will the fact that I type faster with two hands, but I prefer less synthesis and more clarity in the code.
If I use the code written by other people and I find something like:
If A> B then dothis
then i change it to:
If A> B then
dothis
end If
it is a small example, but often it is advisable for the debugging phase
Trying to write in same number of lines without losing clarity?
B4X:
ByteStream(BPosn+0) = Esc
ByteStream(BPosn+1) = 42' Start of command
ByteStream(BPosn+2) = 98' Command type
DataString = Width ' Width of box
DataStringBytes = DataString.GetBytes("UTF8") ' convert length to bytes
For I = 0 to DataString.Length - 1
ByteStream(BPosn + 2 + I) = DataStringBytes(I) ' move in the length
next
ByteStream(BPosn+2+I+1) = 87' Terminate the data length
BPosn = BPosn + 2 + I + 1' move to the next position for
