Re: equality operator question

On 2008-05-05 23:01:32 -0400, "barcaroller" <barcaroller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> 
> "James Kanze" <james.kanze@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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news:89f90573-3271-45dc-b877-b45a1e7af576@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> No.  First of all, you never compare with true or false.
>> 
> 
> Why not?  It's safer (and clearer) than using
> 
>     if ( x )
>     if ( !foo() )
> 
> 
> By using true/false, you are making it clear that you are dealing with a
> boolean expression (as mostly intended) and not a variable/function that
may
> have any value.

That's what the declarations of x and foo() do. Adding redundant 
information makes code harder to maintain, not "safer" (whatever that 
means).

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