If Statement with Declaration

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 01:30:56PM +0000, sontung via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
>     if(int i = someFunc(); i >= 0)
>     {
>         // use i
>     }
> Thoughts on this sort of feature?

I've been wanting such a feature for a long time now. Though I'd propose
a different syntax:

	if ((int i = someFunc()) >= 0)
	{
		...
	}


T

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