From -8411446862373537350 X-Google-Thread: 7894ca11fe,d47b345505a72a70 X-Google-Attributes: gid7894ca11fe,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.alt.net!frodo.cs.rpi.edu!not-for-mail From: James Kanze Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: for-else: adding else to for loops Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:32:41 CST Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 29 Sender: cppmods@cs.rpi.edu Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com Message-ID: References: <5d82cd6c-2a22-4dd7-8c7d-790b579533ea@d15g2000prc.googlegroups.com> <9e9c2ca5-78eb-460c-adec-2ec051c54210@r18g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 To: (Usenet) Return-Path: X-Original-Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:02:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Submission-Address: std-c++@netlab.cs.rpi.edu Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.std.c++:1300 On Aug 15, 9:36 pm, Hyman Rosen wrote: > Ron wrote: > > the language does not need any more horrendous structure > > violations > The required code flow is the required code flow, whether the > language supports its expression directly or not. Implementing > the same flow by adding additional boolean variables or > repeating tests doesn't necessarily improve the readability of > the code. But throwing in an else without knowing what the "if" is definitely destroys the readability. You repeat the test or use the added boolean variable so that the reader can see what the test is---otherwise, he's fully in the dark. -- James Kanze (GABI Software) email:james.kanze@gmail.com Conseils en informatique orient�e objet/ Beratung in objektorientierter Datenverarbeitung 9 place S�mard, 78210 St.-Cyr-l'�cole, France, +33 (0)1 30 23 00 34 -- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@netlab.cs.rpi.edu] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/csc/faq.html ]