[Gambas-user] MOD arithetic operator

[Doriano Blengino]

user ha scritto:
> i am not the person that should answer but i will as i understood well
> as possible the concept of Gambas ..
>
> i think Gambas concept is to keep a Basic style language as possible
> can. So an % operator is a foreign word for a Basic language.
>
> >From the other hand it would be nice Gambas to be a better Basic
> language with the meaning to have the good things of other languages but
> with Basic style so to be an advanced Basic more strong to be near other
> Linux style languages.
>
> As i know Basic does not have pointers either.
> But Gambas 3 has!
>
> And the EXTERN function leads things more than a Basic language.
>
> So in my opinion an % operator is not so big deal thing to be out of a
> Basic language.
>   
Sorry to drop in - I only want to point out that MOD *is* an operator, 
and works just like "%".
By putting "%" in gambas, you could do modulus using a single keystroke 
instead of three (five, counting the necessary spaces around...). You 
would also gain then "%=" operation (I wonder who in gambas misses 
things like this one). This could be a great deal, perhaps... but I 
don't think (just my opinion). I can not understand why people knowing C 
and C++ would like to turn gambas in a language where it is possible to 
write things like

while (c%=*++b->h!=!n^k);

Is it so painful to write "a = c mod b" instead of "a = c % b"? There 
are not enough symbols on the keyboard to express all the possible 
operations... so let stay with the most useful ones (the four arithmetic 
operations). I think that the integer division "\" should disappear, in 
favor of DIV. Would you say, instead, that gambas needs also &, &&, |, 
||, and so on? No? Why not? It's the same as "%"...

Hope to not having hurted you: it's just my opinion which contrasts with 
you... :-)

Regards,
Doriano




> Indeed i suggest it as a wish/new feature if you like.
>
> But all depends how Basic like style we want to keep.
>
> On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 08:25 +0100, Fabien Bodard wrote:
>   
>> in another hand.... i don't understand the existance of the DIV
>> operator :/ ... if DIV exist why not ADD/MINUS/MULT ?
>>
>> so ... i'm agree with user ... why not add the % synonymous ?
>>
>> this is not consistent
>>
>>
>> 2010/11/9 user <demosthenesk at ...626...>:
>>     
>>> This question was created to me when i saw the MOD function in
>>> arithmetic operators without a an operator as the DIV has one.
>>>
>>> http://gambasdoc.org/help/cat/arithop
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 20:02 +0100, Benoît Minisini wrote:
>>>       
>>>>> I know that there is MOD
>>>>>
>>>>> but i ask this question cause i compare the C++ operators with Gambas.
>>>>>
>>>>> As there is DIV and \ operator
>>>>> i was questioned why MOD has not an operator as % for example in C++
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Because Gambas is a Basic, and the Basic languages I know do not use "%" as
>>>> operator.
>>>>
>>>>         
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