[Issue 2532] '=' does not give a boolean result

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2532


2korden at gmail.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #2 from 2korden at gmail.com  2008-12-21 11:49 -------
It works as designed. It is designed to avoid mistakes.

"if (var = expr) {" is disallowed on purpose to avoid mistakes where you
inteded to write "if (var == expr) {":

int a = ...;
if (a = 42) { // oops, what a typo! I ment if (a == 42) here...

Bool is no different from int in this expression.

However, "if (type var == expression) {" is not a valid construct, so there is
no chance to make a mistake and thus "if (type var = expression) {" is allowed.

There is no 'special cases' for bools.


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