using assignment statement as conditional in a where
dan via Digitalmars-d-learn
digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Sat Dec 3 00:55:23 PST 2016
In c, you can have code like this:
static void wtest( void ) {
int f;
while ( ( f = some_val( ) ) ) {
printf(" our value is now: %d\n", f );
}
}
gcc compiles this without warning or error (at least if you use
the double parentheses to assure the compiler that you realize
you are testing an assignment, not a comparison).
I would like to do the same thing in d, something like this:
private void wtest( ) {
int f;
while ( ( f = some_val( ) ) ) {
writeln(" our value is now: ", f );
}
}
or even better:
private void wtest( ) {
while ( ( auto f = some_val( ) ) ) {
writeln(" our value is now: ", f );
}
}
This however does not work, and the gdc compiler says "assignment
cannot be used as a condition, perhaps == was meant?"
I don't absolutely have to do it this way, as i guess i could do
'while (true) {...' and then break if the assignment returns zero.
But i really, really would like to use the idiom of assigning a
value from inside a while condition.
Is it possible to do this? Perhaps with extra braces or
something, like while ( {something here} ) { .... } ?
TIA for any pointers or advice.
dan
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