From 6594954095162833127 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ede379f5dbbc1549 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Jaakko =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E4rvi?= Subject: Re: Suggestion: "typeof" keyword Date: 1999/08/10 Message-ID: <37AFAC37.6B7F4253@cs.utu.fi>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 511118147 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Approved: Valentin Bonnard References: <7nt3vl$1oe$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7oh7o8$t3f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <37AE541B.A998F729@cs.utu.fi> X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:36:07 +0300 X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Organization: Turku Centre for Computer Science X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUAN7BcBawEuYhIxRhxAQFo5gH/Zkz8Bv6zIOkwdzsDvV7w7KqHgh/XMtJm bhrUTmi6QRlnZF0xUFRg+GZ18Lhbbx7hZczSRu2V9bfXrmCPiRxdBA== =xFWo Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Francis Glassborow wrote: > > with typeof you do not need declare, however declare would not provide > all the utility of typeof, and is less clear in intent. I agree, that declare would not provide all the utility of typeof, but I still think it would be useful (in addition to typeof). See my example: > typeof(a*b+c*d+e/f) x = a*b+c*d+e/f; vs. > declare x = a*b+c*d+e/f; I find the first line less clear in intent. If we had typeof, declare could be implemented as a macro (with different syntax though): #define DECLARE(VAR,EXPR) typeof(EXPR) VAR = EXPR Consequently, the implementation should be more or less straightforward. /Jaakko -- --- Jaakko Jdrvi, jaakko.jarvi@cs.utu.fi --- Turku Centre for Computer Science (www.tucs.fi) --- Lemminkdisenkatu 14 A, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland --- Phone: +358-2-333 8656, Fax: +358-2-333 8600 --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]