If Statement with Declaration

[Matthias Bentrup via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 3 November 2016 at 22:29:34 UTC, Jerry wrote:
>     if(int i = someFunc(); i >= 0)
>     {
>         // use i
>     }
> Thoughts on this sort of feature?

I would prefer the syntax

   if( (int i = someFunc()) >= 0 )
   {
     // use i
   }

as this matches the already existing assignment expression syntax 
if you pull the declaration out of the if expression.